| Author: | Daniel
Oliver, 1875 |
| Family: |
ASCLEPIADACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Central
African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10-40 Centimetres |
| Height: |
25 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Dark
Purple |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings? |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Might be: Ceropegia plocamoides, Bruyns, 2017.
Brachystelma linearifolium, William Bertram Turrill, 1914.
Brachystelma mortonii, C.C.Walker
Brachystelma parviflorum, J.K.Morton. |
This member of the
Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Daniel Oliver in 1875.
It is found in Central
African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre,
and Zimbabwe, growing in
a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can
grow to 18 centimetres, the branches from ten to 40 centimetres. The
flowers are green outside and dark purple inside.
The genera name from Greek; brachys
meaning 'short', and stelma means 'crown, garland, wreath'; alluding
to the short staminal corona of some species. The species name means 'look like Plocama', a genera in the Rubiaceae.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
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