CEROPEGIA PURPURASCENS

This plant is sold as C. p., but it might be something else. Photo by Chris Moore. Photo by Hildor Hoffmann. Photo by Hildor Hoffmann. Karl Moritz Schumann, 1893 ASCLEPIADACEAE * Angola, Botswana, Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe Mix Medium Medium - Maximum 6 Centimetres 2-4 Metres Purple / Crème Coloured Seeds - Ceropegia kwebensis N.E. Br. 1902. Ceropegia kaessneri S. Moore. Ceropegia thysanotos Werderm.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1893. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, and the vines reaches two or even four metres.

The genera name is from the Greek word keropegion meaning 'candelabrum', because Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like candles. The species name after the colour of the flowers; purple.