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Ceropegia striata

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Ceropegia striata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ceropegia
Species:
C. striata
Binomial name
Ceropegia striata
Meve & Masinde

Ceropegia striata is a plant species endemic to Madagascar. It is known only from the Vavavato Massif in the central highlands, at an elevation of approximately 1800 m.[1] [2]

Ceropegia striata is a geophytic plant with a large tuberous base. Stems are thin, green, hairless, less than 3 mm in diameter, twining over other vegetation. Leaves are narrowly elliptic, up to 3 cm long. Flowers usually solitary. Corolla up to 35 mm long, the lower third forming a hollow sphere about 7 mm in diameter, narrowing into a conical upper corolla, whitish green with purple stripes, with a corona on top.[1]

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