Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br.

Stems 4-angled, 2-3 cm thick. Corolla wheel-shaped, 12.5-40 cm wide, buffcream, lobes long-pointed to ovate and much longer than the tube. [S. nobilis Hook. f.]

Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, S Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Source: Forster, P.; Liddle, D.; Liddle, I. (2002). Hoya. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Gentianales
family       Apocynaceae
genus        Stapelia L.