Ceropegia papillata
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Photo: Douglas Laing
Luanshya
Lusaka, Chifwema Road; Jan 1996.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 13km; Nov 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Thicket; cultivated Lilayi
The thin pods split along a the edge to release the narrow seeds, each with a tuft of hair to aid dispersion
Jul 2012
Photo: Nick Wightman
Thicket; cultivated Lilayi
The tubers are roundish to discoid in shape usually with a projection from the centre where the annual stems emerge
Oct 2015
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Ceropegia stolzii Schltr. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Twining herb to 1 m. Leaves simple, sometimes ±3-lobed; petiole 1-3 cm; lamina ovate, pubescent; base cordate. Flowers borne in umbels. Corolla 16-25 mm long; the inflated base white; tube pale brown; lobes linear from a triangular base with blackish-green margins in the upper half and whitish with a green central line in the lower half, hairy. Corona cupular, the inner lobes papillose. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | papillata: bearing papillae. |
| Habitat: | In open grassy areas in miombo woodland and along forest margins, occasionally on rock outcrops or on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 950 - 1850 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,C,Lk |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 29 August 2020 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 104 - 105. (Includes a picture). Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 135 - 139. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 47. |
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