Native records: 4 botanical areas
Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, 1 more areas
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A climbing succulent of subtropical climates. Native to South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Eswatini
Mozambique
South Africa
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
The same climate occurs in 140 areas worldwide, 136 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Ceropegia cimiciodora is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.352, right column, line 52
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mozambique · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Eswatini · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourcePhotograph of Ceropegia cimiciodora
James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page