Distribution Map

Ceropegia cimiciodora

Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae Ceropegieae 

Eswatini Red List status (2002): EN B1B2c

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: VU (2009)
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution, extent of occurrence less than 100 000 km2, area of occupancy less than 100 km2
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ceropegia cimiciodora - Twiner with somewhat fleshy stem, leaves undeveloped, all vegetative parts hairless. Flowers in irregular nodal clusters. Corolla tube c 2 mm diam, broadly inflated to c 7 mm diam at base, straight portion c 2 cm long enlarging in broad cone, up to 3 cm across, tips not turned in; greenish inside with scattered bristly hairs. Fruit-half up to 15 cm long X 1,2 cm diam, surface lumpy.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.