Adenia venenata Forssk.

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Origin and Habitat: North Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and across sub-Sahara Africa to the Horn of Africa and East Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia). Yemen.
Altitude range: 0–1500(-1700) metres above sea level.
Habitat and ecology: Adenia venenataSN|34828]]SN|34828]] is a fairly common climber that grows in the savanna, in deciduous bushland or -woodland and in open stony scrub on a variety of soils; sand, clay, volcanic basalt or limestone. In Africa it is sometimes found planted near villages, because of its medicinal properties.

Description: Adenia venenataSN|34828]]SN|34828]] is a semi-succulent, almost tree-like creeper or climber plant 1-8 m high. It produces a bottle-shaped swollen lower trunk with few to many glabrous glaucous twining branches arising from its top which ascends high into trees. It is one of the most remarkable pachypodous species in the genus.
Stem: Base of main stem fleshy, somewhat elongated conical to cylindrically thickened to about 2m high and 60 cm across, with smooth greenish bark. Branches with grey-green, rope-like smooth bark. Twigs thin, pendent. Tendrils simple, up to 12 cm long.
Leaves: Deciduous. Shallowly to deeply 3-5(-7)-lobed, base cordate, apex rounded, almost circular to ovate in outline, 1.5-12 cm long 1.5- 13 cm wide, grey to glaucous beneath, not punctate, 5-nerved from base. Petiole 1–8 cm long. Gland at blade-base single; glands on blade often present. Stipules narrowly triangular, 0.5–1 mm., withering.
Flowers: Cream or yellowish- green (-reddish?), in shortly (-1.5 cm long) stalked cymes, rarely in the axils of normal leaves, usually without tendrils. (1–)3–5-flowered in male plants, 1(–3)-flowered in female plants. Male flowers 30-56 mm long tubiform to fulleform. Hypanthium tubular, narrow, 9–15 mm long; calyx-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, 5–9 mm long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 3–6 mm long, serrulate towards apex. Corona absent. Female flowers fulleform 15-24 mm long (including stipe) . Pistil 9–11 mm including 2.5–5 mm long gynophore. Styles largely united; stigmas woolly-papillate
Fruit (capsule): 1–2 per inflorescence, ovoid-ellipsoid, with more or less acute apex, 2-4.5 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, leathery, conspicuously veined.
Seeds: 15–35 per capsule, orbicular to broadly ovate narrowed at the top 4.5–6 mm long, with more or less acute apex.

Adenia venenata (llifle.com)

 

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