Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Essex Rd, Vumba

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cloudlands, Vumba

Photo: Bart Wursten
At campsite, Chirinda Forest

Synonyms:	Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms
Common names:	Monkey rope (English) Snake climber (English)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust, semi-woody climber or liane. Stems striped bluish-green, older stems often with whitish powder. Leaves mostly shallowly three-lobed grey-green, distinctly 3-veined from the base. Flowers unisexual on different plants, in axillary clusters, pale greenish. Male flowers in much larger, denser clusters than female flowers. Fruit an oval capsule, consisting of 5 valves, light green.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	gummifera: producing gum or resin
Habitat:	In forested ravines and forest margins; also in miombo woodland.
Altitude range:	Up to 1650 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	from Somalia through East and Central Africa to South Africa; also in the Seychelles.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
Growth form:	CL
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Acraea natalica natalica (Natal acraea)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Monday 15 June 2009
Literature:

African Plant Database: Adenia gummifera
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Adenia gummifera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Adenia gummifera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Adenia gummifera
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Adenia gummifera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adenia gummifera
JSTOR Plant Science: Adenia gummifera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Adenia gummifera
Tropicos: Adenia gummifera
West African Plants database: Adenia gummifera