Ceropegia campanulata G.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 15 cm tall from a tuber. The flowers are dark purple and 5 cm long.
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Dark purple-brown flowers 2 in. long including the corolla lobes.
Erect herb, 6 in.high, from a tuber
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The root is cooked and eaten. The young leaves are cooked and eaten.
Uses food
Edible leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Ceropegia campanulata world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95498-1
WFO ID wfo-0000598075
COL ID T339
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ceropegia hepburnii Ceropegia abinsica Ceropegia dalzielii Ceropegia kerstingii Ceropegia tamalensis Ceropegia campanulata var. abinsica Ceropegia campanulata

Lower taxons

Ceropegia campanulata var. pulchella Ceropegia campanulata var. campanulata