细齿吊灯花 Ceropegia denticulata

  • Scientific Name: Ceropegia denticulata K.Schum.
  • Ref: Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 327, t. 40, F. —K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 272, fig. 81A.
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Genus: Ceropegia
  • Distribution: German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Silai, Holst, 3583.
  • Photo: 11/18/2018, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai
 Stem twining, glabrous. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, 1 1/3 in. long, 7–8 lin. broad, fleshy, ovate or subrhomboidal, acute at both ends, denticulate at the apex. Peduncle moderately long, 2-flowered; bracts, bracteoles and sepals filiform-subulate. Corolla about 20 lin. long, whitish, spotted with fuscous, glabrous outside; tube 15 lin. long, moderately inflated in the lower part; mouth dilated, broadly funnel-shaped, 9–10 lin. in diam., ciliate; lobes 5 lin. long, linear, erect, connate at the tips, pubescent, ciliate with long vibratile clavate hairs.(Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 231, 1904 )

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