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From Windhoek Botanical Garden.


Found this at Grootscholten.

Author: Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1891
Family:  PASSIFLORACEAE
Origin:  Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  40 Centimetres
Height:  20-200 Centimetres
Flower:  Greenish White
Propagate:  Seeds/(Cuttings)
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Paschanthus repandus, Burch, 1822.
Jaeggia repanda Schinz, 1888.
Paschanthus jaeggii
Schinz, 1900.
Modecca paschanthus,
Harvey.
Modecca repanda
, Druce, 1917.

This member of the Passifloraceae  family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found on the woodlands of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem can grow up to 40 centimetres in diameter, the woody vines to two meters. The flowers are greenish white.

The name Adenia is derived from aden, meaning gland, and pertains to the glands found on leaves of most of the species. The species name means 'irregularly undulating or scalloped', describing leaf margins.


The flower by Roger and Alison Heath, Powo.science.kew.org.