Ceropegia stenantha K. Schum.

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Photo: Doreen Bolnick
Monavale Vlei, Harare

Photo: Mark Hyde
Monavale Vlei, Harare

Photo: Ineke te Velde
Close to the Impala Road entrance on the eastern border of Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank: between Darama and Kathleen rds

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Synonyms:	Ceropegia infausta N.E. Br. Ceropegia mazoensis S. Moore Ceropegia quarrei De Wild. Ceropegia stenantha K. Schum. var. parvifolia N.E. Br. Ceropegia tenuissima S. Moore Riocreuxia longiflora K. Schum.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Climbing and twining perennial herb to 2 m. Leaves simple; petiole short, up to 4 mm long; lamina linear to linear-elliptic, glabrous or minutely ciliate on the margin; base cuneate. Flowers borne in umbels. Corolla 20-30 mm long; pale greenish-yellow to creamy white; tube inflated in lower half; lobes linear, with conspicuous basal auricles. Corona of 5 shallow pouches.
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Derivation of specific name:	stenantha slender-flowered
Habitat:	Among trees on stony hillsides or sandy flats.
Altitude range:	Up to 1650 m
Flowering time:	Jan-Feb
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. Bolnick, D. (2007). A Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Zambia and Neighbouring Regions Revised Edition. WECS, Lusaka, Zambia Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Pages 93 - 94. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Dyer, R.A. (1980). Asclepiadaceae: Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia Flora of Southern Africa 27(4) Page 61. Dyer, R.A. (1983). Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in Southern Africa. Balkema Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 64. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 142 - 145. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 20.

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