Ceropegia peulhorum
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A climbing herb. It has thin wiry stems. It keeps growing from year to year. The flower tube is white and fattened and curved. The fruit are narrow and in pairs. They are 7-12 cm long.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and in forests along rivers.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Notes
There are about 160-200 Ceropegia species. Probably now in Apocynaceae.
Synonyms
Ceropegia ngoyana Malaisse
References (2)
- Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2
- Zon, A.P.M. van der, Grubben, G.J.H., 1976, Les legumes-feuilles spontanes et cultives du Sud-Dahomey, Communication 65, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, p 47
