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| syn. Ceropegia angustiloba (De Wild.), Ceropegia infausta (N. E. Br.), Ceropegia mazoensis (S. Moore), Ceropegia quarrei (De Wild.), Ceropegia stenantha var. parviflora (N. E. Br.), Ceropegia tenuissima (S. Moore), Riocreuxia longiflora |
| distribution:
Congo: Katanga Province Kenya: Machakos District / Eastern Province; Rift Valley Province Malawi Namibia Rwanda South-Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe: Mazowe District / Mashonaland Central Province |
| This plant can
be found in 50 to 1200 m above sea level in wetlands or in seasonal wet
savannas where it very often grows at the base of Mopane trees (Colophospermum
mopane). This species has no subterranean tuber, but it has fleshy roots. The stem is tetragonal and can reach a length of up to 3 m. It dies seasonal, but can be lasting in culture. The leaves are 3 to 8 cm long, lancet-shaped and non-succulent. The flowers are about 4 cm in length and have a quite inconspicuously light yellow to greenish yellow colouration and are sometimes inconspicuously spotted on the base, but always appear in small groups on the inflorescence. |
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| above: Ceropegia stenantha; Lubumbashi / Katanga Province / Congo Photo: Warren McCleland; by cortesy of Warren McCleland http://www.flickr.com/photos/25495229@N04 |
| References: - F. Malaisse: Recherches sur les Asclepiadaceae du Shaba (Zaire) 1. Nouvelles observations sur le genre Ceropegia L.. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. / Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg. 54 (1/2) 213-234 (1984) - P. G. Archer: Kenya Ceropegia Scrapbook. Notes and records of some Kenya Ceropegia. Hobart (AUS): Artemis Pup. Consultans. 1992 |