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Adenia gummifera
gummifera
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Essex Rd, Vumba
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Essex Rd, Vumba
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Cloudlands, Vumba
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At campsite, Chirinda Forest
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At campsite, Chirinda Forest
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| Synonyms: |
Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms |
| Common names: | Deveramvumi (Shona) Dovoza (Shona) Monkey rope (English) Muboori (Shona) Muhore (Shona) 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: | This species is one of the few large woody climbers which is common in miombo woodland. |
| Derivation of specific name: | gummifera: producing gum or resin |
| Habitat: | In forested ravines and forest margins; also in miombo woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | from Somalia through East and Central Africa to South Africa; also in the Seychelles. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | CL |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Acraea natalica natalica (Natal acraea) |
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Flora of Mozambique: Adenia gummiferaAfrican Plant Database: Adenia gummifera
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Adenia gummifera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Adenia gummifera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Adenia gummifera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Adenia gummifera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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
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