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Adenia gummifera

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Found this plant at Specks Exotica.


The flower from Africanplants.senckenberg.de.

Author:  Hermann August Theodor Harms, 1897
Family:  PASSIFLORACEAE
Origin:  Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium - Maximum
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  15 Centimetres
Height:  30 Metres
Flower:  Green
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  Monkey Rope, Snake Climber
Synonyms:  Modecca gummifera, Harvey, 1860.
Ophiocaulon gummifer, Masters, 1871.
Adenia gummifera var. cerifera ,W.J.de Wilde

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1897. It is found on the Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The flowers are green. The vines can reach 30 metres in length, and a diameter of fifteen centimetres at the base.

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 'giving rubber'.


Large plant from Africanplants.senckenberg.de.