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Ceropegia discoidea is a tuberous succulent vine in the dogbane family, known in the wild only from northern Gauteng in South Africa and now critically endangered, possibly extinct. Cultivated plants are usually grown from seed or cuttings and need bright light, sharp drainage and a dry winter rest.
Ceropegia discoidea is a species of critically endangered and possibly extinct plant endemic to northern Gauteng in South Africa.
Ceropegia discoidea's range is near Soshanguve, north of Pretoria (and possibly to western Mpumalanga and north-eastern North West province). It is found in central sandy bushveld habitat.
Apteranthes burchardii · Apteranthes europaea · Apteranthes tuberculata · Australluma peschii · Boucerosia frerei · Ceropegia schinziata · Brachystelma tumakurense · Caralluma adscendens · Caralluma crenulata · Apteranthes munbyana · Caudanthera edulis · Ceropegia ampliata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceropegia discoidea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
