Ceropegia peulhorum A.Chev.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

A climbing herb. It has thin wiry stems. It keeps growing from year to year. The flower tube is white and fattened and curved. The fruit are narrow and in pairs. They are 7-12 cm long.
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Dull mottled purple or almost black-purple flowers 2 in. or more long including the linear lobes
Habit of the last (Ceropegia johnsonii), rather slender stemmed, glabrous
Fruits narrow, paired, 3-5 in. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and in forests along rivers.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ceropegia peulhorum world distribution map, present in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95723-1
WFO ID wfo-0000598407
COL ID T3LZ
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Synonyms

Ceropegia ngoyana Ceropegia peulhorum

Lower taxons

Ceropegia peulhorum var. peulhorum