RAPHIONACME SPLENDENS
Author:
Friedrich R.R. Schlechter, 1895
Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
J. Bot. 33: 301 (1895)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
25 Centimetres
Height:
20-50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Raphionacme brownii, sensu Mapaure & Timberlake.
Raphionacme excisa, Schltr.
Raphionacme jurensis, N.E. Br.
Raphiacme macrostemon, K. Schum.
Brachystelma bingeri, A. Chev. 1901. = Raphionacme bingeri, J. P. Lebrun & A. L. Stork, 1984 = Raphionacme splendens subs. bingeri, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart Venter, 2009.
This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1895. It is found throughout Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. It is growing in a well drained soil with quite some water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant up to 20 or even 50 centimetres in height. The flowers are purple and white.
The genera name from Greek rhaphis; 'beet-root' and akme; 'sharpness' possibly referring to the taste of the roots - haven't tried yet. The species name referring to the splendid bright colour of the flower. *)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
Flower
Purple / White
Soil
Sandy Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
