Love chain

Ceropegia woodii

  • Love chain
  • Love chain
  • Love chain
  • Love chain
  • Flower name
    Love chain
  • Scientific name
    Ceropegia woodii
  • Aliasラブチェーン, セロペギア, rosary vine, セロペギア ウッディ, Ceropegia woodii, Ceropegia, Love chain, 愛之蔓
  • Place of originSouth Africa
  • Place of floweringPotted flower, Ornamental plants
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August

What is Love chain

Love chain , scientific name:Ceropegia woodii) is a succulent plant evergreen creeping grass of dthe Department Apocynaceae of the Ceropegia genus native to South Africa, On either side of the elongated tendrils come with opposite leaves. Because the leaves are fleshy and have a small heart-shaped, drooping chain is called love chain (chain Love) aka. From the scientific name is called thelopegga. Green areas into grey mottle leaf table, leaves behind the pink. Flowers bloom in the summer is popular as an ornamental plant. Flowers have a slender cylindrical swollen at the base and Tip 5 deep fissure and in addition the luting. Simulates the smell like rotten invites the small fry in entomophilous flowers.

General name : Love chain , scientific name:Ceropegia woodii; also known as: thelopegga, rosary vine, a string-of-hearts, heart vine,origin: South Africa's natal, plant height (Director, Liana): 100-200 cm, stem diameter: 2-3 mm, phyllotaxis, opposite, long:1.5~2cm leaves, leaf shape: heart-shaped, In a slender cylindrical leaf color: green to gray lesions (front), pink (back), Queen: base the Tip 5 deep crack and, in addition, cemented the flowering period: May-August, flower color: deep red-purple, flower length: 2-odor 3 cm, invites the small fry in the smell: asclepiadaceae, stated: entomophilous


  • Order
    Gentianales
  • Family
    Apocynaceae
  • Genus
    Ceropegia
  • Species
    C. woodii
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
    heart-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typea fleshy plant of the climbing ,perennial plant
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height100.0 ~ 200.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 3.0 cm

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