Ceropegia filipendula K.Schum.

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Ceropegia filipendula

Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabompo District, Lusongwa. flower at anthesis (fully open),

Ceropegia filipendula

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, Leopards Hill Road.

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Status: Native
Description:
Annual stem, erect to 50 cm with flowers borne singly in the upper leaf axils.
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Habitat: Miombo woodland.
Altitude range: 900 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola and southern DRC.
Malawi distribution: C,S
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Literature:

Bolnick, D. (2007). A Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Zambia and Neighbouring Regions Revised Edition. WECS, Lusaka, Zambia

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 70.

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 123 - 125. (Includes a picture).

Malaisse, F. (1984). Recherches sur les Asclepiadaceae du Shaba (Zaire). I. Nouvelles Observations sur le genre Ceropegia L. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van Belgiƫ, 54(1/2) Pages 218 - 219. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ceropegia filipendula
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JSTOR Plant Science: Ceropegia filipendula
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ceropegia filipendula
Plants of the World Online: Ceropegia filipendula
Tropicos: Ceropegia filipendula
Wikipedia: Ceropegia filipendula


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Ceropegia filipendula.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=214170, retrieved 28 March 2024

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