Ceropegia lugardae

Botanical Description

Ceropegia lugardae is a succulent, climbing plant producing stems up to 10 metres long from a fleshy, cylindrical rootstock. The stems are 3 - 5mm in diameter, they can be herbaceous or persist for more than one year, and they scramble over the ground and climb into the surrounding vegetation, supporting themselves by twining around the stems[ 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. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It could be grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].