Adenia keramanthusHarms [family PASSIFLORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by De Wilde, W. J. J. O., Adenia kirkii(Mast.) Engl. [family PASSIFLORACEAE ]
Related name
Adenia keramanthus
Adenia kirkii
Flora
Entry for ADENIA keramanthus Harms [family PASSIFLORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Herb or shrub with succulent stems up to c. 1 m tall, from a tuberous rootstock; tendrils absent; whole plant with rusty brown hairs. Leaves entire, ovate to orbicular in outline, truncate to cordate at the base, 1.5–15 cm long, 5-nerved from the base; margin subentire to dentate; petiole 1–12 cm; glands at base of blade 2, other glands absent. Inflorescences sessile, up to 10-flowered in male plants, 1–2-flowered in female plants, without tendrils. Male flowers urn-shaped, 17–26 mm long including stipe, 8–10 mm wide. Hypanthium including calyx-tube 10–19 mm long; sepals 3–5 mm long, with woolly fringed edge. Petals lanceolate to linear, 5–7 mm long, fringed, inserted in calyx-tube. Corona consisting of a few hairs or absent. Female flowers urn-shaped, 18–22 mm long; pistil 7–9 mm long on short gynophore; styles united for c. 3 mm. Fruit subglobose, on short gynophore, 3.5–5 x 3–4.5 cm, leathery. Seeds 7(–9) mm long.
