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| syn. Ceropegia chipiaensis (Stopp), Ceropegia rostrata (E. A. Bruce), Ceropegia schaijesiorum (Malaisse), Ceropegia wellmannii (N. E. Br.) |
| distribution:
Angola: Huambo Province; Malange Province Congo Malawi Tanzania Zambia: North Western Province |
| This species
forms a dense bunch of thick roots, of which an upright growing stem of
about 10 to 30 cm length appears. It has several, about 5 cm long, egg-shaped leaves, which bear an about 1 cm long petiole. The flowers appear on the upper part of the stem and are ca. 6 cm long. |
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| above: Ceropegia umbraticola; Solwezi / North Western Province / Zambia Photo: Warren McCleland; by cortesy of Warren McCleland http://www.flickr.com/photos/25495229@N04 |
 left:Ceropegia umbraticola, flower depiction from: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten, insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten begründet von A. Engler und K. Prantl fortgesetzt von A. Engler. Leipzig, Engelmann; 4, 272 (1897) http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org |
| 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) |