It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it grows on Tenerife (especially the Macizo de Anaga area), Gran Canaria, and La Palma in the Tabaibal-Cardonal zone at up to about 600 m altitude.

Ceropegia fusca forms erect woody stems reaching to 1.5 m tall.

The leaves are deciduous, arranged in opposite pairs, each leaf narrow, 5 cm long.

The flowers are produced in clusters of two to five in the leaf axils; they are tubular, reddish brown, with five narrow lobes joined at the tip; flowering is in spring to summer.

Ceropegia fusca is used as an ornamental plant in dry and drought tolerant water conserving gardens.