Author: | Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler,
1891 |
Family: |
ASCLEPIADACEAE* |
Origin: |
Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, South
Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
2-3
Centimetres |
Height: |
4 Metres |
Flower:
|
Greenish-Yellow
/ Maroon |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Ceropegia calcarata, N. E. Brown, 1903.
Ceropegia
verdicikii, De Wildeman 1903.
Ceropegia angensis,
De Wildeman, 1928.
Ceropegia criniticaulis, Werdermann,
1938.
Ceropegia dubia, R. A. Dyer, 1980. |
This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in the tropical Africa,
growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun in the
edge of forests. The
fleshy roots can grow to two or even three centimetres in diameter,
15-30 centimetres long and the vines
from two to four metres. The
flowers are greenish-yellow and can have a maroon base.
The genera name is from the Greek word keropegion meaning
'candelabrum', because Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like
candles. The species name after Dr.
Johannes Meyer, 1858-1929, a German geographer.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016 is
Asclepiadaceae
now part of
the Apocynaceae. |