Ceropegia speciosa
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
Photo: Lari Merrett
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Twining herb. Stems with milky latex, up to 2 m long. Leaves opposite, lanceolate with a long pointed apex; petioles slender. Inflorescences axillary, 1-2-flowered. Flowers pendant, recurved, greenish-cream with purple lines. Corolla tube inflated; lobes green with purple tips and hairs. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Habitat: | In Riverine forest and occasionally in Brachystegia woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 16 September 2016 |
| Literature: |
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 116. 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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