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Caralluma munbyana
Apteranthes munbyana is a small leafless succulent subshrub from the dry coasts of North Africa and southeast Spain, grown as a curiosity by collectors of stapeliads. The key is strong light, a fast-draining mineral mix and very sparing watering.
Apteranthes munbyana is a succulent subshrub flowering plant that belongs to the genus Apteranthes in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the family Apocynaceae. The native range of this species is Algeria, Morocco and southeast Spain (Albacete, Alicante, Murcia and Valencia).
In 1847, Giles Munby was the first to publish the species, as Boucerosia munbyana, having found the plants growing abundantly on rocks overlooking the sea on the coast between Mers El Kébir and Cape Falcon, just west of Oran in Algeria. Munby noted that the young shoots were eaten by Arabs.
Apteranthes burchardii · Apteranthes europaea · Apteranthes tuberculata · Australluma peschii · Boucerosia frerei · Ceropegia schinziata · Brachystelma tumakurense · Caralluma adscendens · Caralluma crenulata · Caudanthera edulis · Ceropegia ampliata · Ceropegia anjanerica
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