Ceropegia candelabrum - Candlestick Ceropegia
❏ Binomial Name : Ceropegia candelabrum L.
❏ Synonym : Ceropegia candelabriformis, Ceropegia elliottii, Ceropegia longiflora
❏ Family : Apocynacaeaec
❏ Common Name : Candlestick Ceropegia
❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated
Ceropegia candelabrum Botanical Description
Twiners. Leaves to 6.5 x 3.5, slightly obovate or oblong, apex obtuse, mucronate, membranous; petiole 1.5 cm. Cymes axillary, few flowered; peduncles 3 cm long; calyx 3 mm, linear, subulate; corolla bulbous at base, prominently veined, 3 cm, straight, lobes 5, 2 cm long, folded, fused to form beak, hairy, outer corona lobes 0.3 mm, 2-lobed, inner 2 mm, subulate. Follicles paired, 15 x 0.3 cm, terete, long beaked. Fl. &Fr.: January-April