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This member of the
Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Emilio
Chiovenda in 1937. It is found in Somalia, growing in grit
with little water and some sun, It will grow up to two and a half
centimetres in diameter and three to thirteen centimetres height.
The flowers are cream and brown.
*This family might be incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.
This plant is thought to be very rare, because
individuals are found growing very far apart from one another and
never in large populations. and its protected by the locals, being
some kind of sacred medicine. They kill you if you take it with you. |
