Ceropegia vanderystii (De Wild.)
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| syn. Ceropegia rara (S. Moore) |
| distribution:
Angola Congo |
| The flowers of
this species are really very extraordinary, even for a Ceropegia. The
flower-tube is conical and swollen, becoming narrower upwardly. It is light
with pinkish brown vertical stripes, the petals are very dark green,
almost black. The local name of this species is Susunbeya (in Kiluba). |
| 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) |