Ceropegia rehmannii (Schltr.) Bruyns

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb. Tuber up to 0.15-0.2 m diam., depressed from above. Stems 1-several, 70-150 mm long, erect or spreading, somewhat branched above, variably pubescent with short, rather coarse, spreading hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 5-30 x 3-10 mm, cuneately narrowed into a short petiole, often somewhat folded upwards and undulate, sometimes glabrous above. Flowers 2-6 together, very variable in size; pedicels up to 10 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, up to 5 mm long, pubescent. Corolla 25-50 mm diam.; tube campanulate, 6-10 mm long; lobes 10-25 mm long, pubescent or glabrescent e x ternally, mainly glabrous within; tube white to yellowish within, with purple-brown warty spots, becoming dark purple-brown to nearly black on lobes. Corona shortly campanulate at base, forming 5 pockets with V-shaped outer margin, with or without minute hairs within, confluent laterally with base of inner lobes; inner lobes incumbent on anthers but not exceeding them. Pollinia subpyriform, attached by short caudicles to carrier. Follicles in pairs or solitary, fusiform, up to 100 mm long, pubescent.
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Perennial herb, 70-150 mm high, with tuber depressed from above. Stems 1-few, spreading or erect, branching higher up, coarsely hairy. Leaves with blade linear, narrowly ovate to ovate or elliptic, 5-30 x 3-10 mm. Flowers: corolla > 20 mm in diameter, with inner surface glabrous, tube campanulate, divided to ± 2/3 of its length, white to yellowish within, with purple-brown warty spots, becoming dark purple-brown to nearly black on lobes; Oct.-Jan. Fruit a follicle.
Perennial herb, 70-150 mm tall. Stems and leaves coarsely hairy. Inner surface of corolla glabrous, tube campanulate, divided to ± two-thirds of its length. Flowers: tube white to yellowish within, with purple-brown warty spots becoming dark purple-brown to nearly black on lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.15
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Root (unspecified), Cold (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Ceropegia rehmannii world distribution map, present in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77185984-1
WFO ID wfo-0001424755
COL ID T3P5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Brachystelma foetidum Brachystelma rehmannii Ceropegia rehmannii