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Ceropegia papillata
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Luanshya
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Lusaka, Chifwema Road
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, Lusaka SE 13km.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated from material existing on Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Cultivated from material existing on Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Luwawa Forestry Reserve, Viphya, Mzimba
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Twining herb to 1 m. Leaves simple, sometimes ±3-lobed; petiole 1-3 cm; lamina ovate, pubescent; base cordate. Flowers borne in umbels. Corolla 16-25 mm long; the inflated base white; tube pale brown; lobes linear from a triangular base with blackish-green margins in the upper half and whitish with a green central line in the lower half, hairy. Corona cupular, the inner lobes papillose. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | papillata: bearing papillae. |
| Habitat: | In open grassy area in miombo woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 29 August 2020 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 104 - 105. (Includes a picture). Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 47. |
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ceropegia papillata
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ceropegia papillata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ceropegia papillata
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