Ceropegia fusca Bolle is a plant in the Apocynaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ceropegia fusca Bolle

Ceropegia fusca Bolle

Ceropegia fusca Bolle is an ornamental succulent vine with reddish-brown tubular flowers, grown in dry water-conserving gardens.

Family
Genus
Ceropegia
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Ceropegia fusca Bolle

Ceropegia fusca Bolle forms erect woody stems that grow up to 1.5 m tall. Its leaves are deciduous, arranged in opposite pairs, and each narrow leaf grows up to 5 cm long. Flowers grow in clusters of two to five from leaf axils; they are tubular, reddish brown, and have five narrow lobes joined at the tip. This species flowers from spring to summer. Its fruit consists of a pair of large capsules that can reach up to 10 cm long. In cultivation, Ceropegia fusca is grown as an ornamental plant in dry, drought-tolerant water-conserving gardens. It needs hot conditions to grow well.

Photo: (c) Frank Sengpiel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Frank Sengpiel · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Apocynaceae Ceropegia

More from Apocynaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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