August Theodor Harms, 1923
||Ethiopia, Kenya, Somaliland,
Yellow - Crème
Adenia vitifolia, Hutch. & E.A.Bruce
This member of the
Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August
Theodor Harms in 1923. It is
found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somaliland,
Tanzania and Uganda, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The caudex can reach 25 centimetres in diameter, the vines
from 20 to 150
centimetres. The flowers are from pale yellow to creamy.
Useful tip: The juice of the
fruit, mixed in meat has been used to poison hyenas.
The name Adenia
is derived from aden, meaning gland, and pertains to the glands
found on leaves of most of the species.
The species name for Dr. H.
Ellenbeck, German physician who collected botanical material.