Adenia ovata
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Habit
Miombo woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Oct 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Miombo woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Oct 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Miombo woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Oct 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Miombo woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Oct 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herb 5-10 cm tal growing from a napiform (turnip-shaped) warty tuber; stems annual or partly perennial 1-3 cm long; leaves 7-14 x 5-15 cm, broadly ovate to subcircular, petiole 1-4 mm long, ± appressed to the ground, with or without glands at the lamina-base; inflorescence in cymes of 1-10 flowers either male, female or hermaphrodite, cream-coloured with peduncle up to 4 mm; capsule 1.5-2.5 x 1 cm., obovoid-oblong, smooth. |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ovata: ovate or egg-shaped, in reference to the leaves |
| Habitat: | Miombo/Brachystegia woodland on lateritic and sandy soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 14 April 2021 |
| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 404. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Adenia ovataAfrican Plant Database: Adenia ovata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Adenia ovata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Adenia ovata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adenia ovata
JSTOR Plant Science: Adenia ovata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Adenia ovata
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