Ceropegia sankuruensis Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

A leafy climber. It has a tuberous rootstock. The plant grows 2-4 m tall. The leaves are 2-9 cm long by 1-3.5 cm wide. There are 3-6 flowers in a group. The flowers are creamy white and the lobes dark purple.
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Flowersin short-pedunculate cymes, creamy-white and blotched on the tube, the lobes dark purple.
A glabrous leafy climber;
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 800-1,800 m above sea level.
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Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The root is cooked and eaten. It is mostly water. The 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
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Distribution

Ceropegia sankuruensis world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95759-1
WFO ID wfo-0000598458
COL ID T3Q9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ceropegia anceps Ceropegia batesii Ceropegia degemensis Ceropegia sankuruensis