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Adenia digitata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along EN1 near turn-off to Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along track up Serra Vumba, Manica
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along track up Serra Vumba, Manica
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along track up Serra Vumba, Manica
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| Synonyms: |
Adenia senensis (Klotzsch) Engl. Clemanthus senensis Klotzsch Modacca digitata Harv. |
| Common names: | Wild granadilla (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herbaceous climber with long stems growing from a large, fleshy, underground tuber (image 1). Leaves deeply 3-5 lobed, grey-green. Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered, often ending in a curled tendril. Fruits fleshy, ellipsoid to spherical, orange-yellow when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | digitata : divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
| Habitat: | |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,M |
| Growth form: | C |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 15 June 2009 |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 90. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Adenia digitata:
African Plant Database: Adenia digitataBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Adenia digitata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Adenia digitata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Adenia digitata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Adenia digitata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adenia digitata
JSTOR Plant Science: Adenia digitata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Adenia digitata
Tropicos: Adenia digitata
West African Plants database: Adenia digitata
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