Adenia goetzei Harms

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Habit
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flowers
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Fruits
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected in degraded woodland c. 5 km east of Kafue town
Dec 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Ripe fruit & seed
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected in degraded woodland c. 5 km east of Kafue town
Dec 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to 35 cm, with annual stems growing from an underground tuber. Leaves oblong-lanceolate with scattered glands. Tendrils absent. Flowers in few-flowered cymes, yellowish, unisexual, with both sexes on the same plant. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Derivation of specific name:	goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania.
Habitat:	Woodland, shrubby vegetation and on rocky hills.
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Flowering time:	Dec - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Lk
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 6 July 2021
Literature:	Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 402 - 403. 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.

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