Ceropegia papillata
Apocynaceae FAMILY

Ceropegia papillata

Ceropegia papillata

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ceropegia papillata is a climbing plant producing one or more slender stems about 1 metre long from a globose tuber. The stems are about 1 - 2mm in diameter, they scramble over the ground or twine into other plants for support[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of liquid, It has good potential as an ornamental climber[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. A rare species in the wild, it is in need of protection[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, southern DR Congo, Zambia and Malawi.
HabitatMountainous areas, often climbing in shrubs, in rocky or grassy locations, at elevations from 1,350 - 2,000 metres, occasionally to 3,000 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].