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Adenia digitata
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Cecil Kop NR, Mutare
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Cecil Kop NR, Mutare
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Cecil Kop NR, Mutare
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve
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Haka game park
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Fort Usher, Eastern Matobo
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Byo-Vic Falls Rd. A8, Ken Maur
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Byo-Vic Falls Rd. A8, Ken Maur
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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
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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. Leaves variable, deeply 3-5 lobed or even 3-5-foliolate, up to 18 cm long and wide, lobes/leaflets narrow or wide, entire or more or less deeply lobed again, thinly textured to leathery, grey-green, often much paler below; petiole 1-9 cm long; 2 glands at the base of the leaf 0.5-1,5 mm wide on two separate auricles 1-2 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered, often ending in a curled tendril. Fruits fleshy, ellipsoid to spherical, green, sometimes with pale yellowish stripes, orange-yellow when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | digitata : divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
| Habitat: | In woodland, scrub, grassland and along margins of forest, often on termite mounds or in rocky places |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa |
| Botswana distribution: | SW,SE |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 5 January 2015 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 400 - 401. Fernandes, R. & A. (1980). 79. Passiforaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 33 - 34. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 100. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 66. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 90. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 91. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 143. |
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Flora of Malawi: Adenia digitataFlora of Mozambique: Adenia digitata
Flora of Zambia: Adenia digitata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Adenia digitata
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Adenia digitataAfrican Plant Database: Adenia digitata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Adenia digitata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Adenia digitata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adenia digitata
JSTOR Plant Science: Adenia digitata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Adenia digitata
Plants of the World Online: Adenia digitata
Tropicos: Adenia digitata
Wikipedia: Adenia digitata
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