- Family:
- Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel
- Genus:
- Adenia Forssk.
Adenia mossambicensis W.J.de Wilde
[FZ]
Passifloraceae, R. and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbaceous climber up to 2 m., arising from a tuberous rootstock.
- Morphology Branches
- Fertile branches greyish-green, with internodes 1–10 cm. long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 3–6 × 2–4(5) cm., 3–5-foliolate, ovate-oblong in outline, cordate at the base, membranous, green on upper surface, glaucous green and not punctate below; median leaflet 2·5–5 × 1–1·5(2·5) cm., unlobed or pinnatilobed with up to 8 lobes, ovate to oblong, obtuse or acute at the apex, acute at the base, petiolulate, the petiolule 0·5(1) cm.; basal leaflets much smaller (1–2 cm. long), unlobed, subsessile; petiole 0·5–2·5 cm. long.
- Morphology General Glands
- Lamina-base glands 2, 0·5–1 mm. in diameter, wart-like; lamina-glands c. 0·5 mm. in diameter, up to 6 on the median leaflet, submarginal.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules c. 1 mm. long, lanceolate, withering.
- Morphology General Tendrils
- Sterile tendrils up to 10 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Cymes with peduncle 1·5–4 cm. long, up to 12-flowered in male bracts and bracteoles 1–1·5 mm. long, lanceolate, acute; pedicels 5–15 mm. long; tendril 1, 1–5 cm. long.
- sex Male
- Male flower: (20)25–30 × 3–4(5) mm. (incl. the 9–11 mm. long stipe), tubular, cream-coloured; hypanthium 3–5 × 3–4 mm., cup-shaped; calyx-tube 4–7 mm. long; calyx-lobes 5–8 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, entire or nearly so; petals 5–7 × 1 mm., lanceolate, ± obtuse, 3-nerved, irregularly dentate near the apex, inserted at the same level as the corona or up to 1 mm. above; corona-hairs fine, 0·5–1 mm. long, branched; stamen-filaments 4·5-6 mm. long, connate at the base, inserted at the base of the hypanthium or on an androgynophore up to 2 mm. long; anthers c. 4–5 × 0·75 mm., obtuse, with an apiculum up to 0·2 mm. long; disk-glands (0·5)1·5–2 mm. long; vestigial ovary c. 0·5 mm. long; gynophore c. 0·5 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flower and capsule unknown. Male flower: (20)25–30 × 3–4(5) mm. (incl. the 9–11 mm. long stipe), tubular, cream-coloured; hypanthium 3–5 × 3–4 mm., cup-shaped; calyx-tube 4–7 mm. long; calyx-lobes 5–8 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, entire or nearly so; petals 5–7 × 1 mm., lanceolate, ± obtuse, 3-nerved, irregularly dentate near the apex, inserted at the same level as the corona or up to 1 mm. above; corona-hairs fine, 0·5–1 mm. long, branched; stamen-filaments 4·5-6 mm. long, connate at the base, inserted at the base of the hypanthium or on an androgynophore up to 2 mm. long; anthers c. 4–5 × 0·75 mm., obtuse, with an apiculum up to 0·2 mm. long; disk-glands (0·5)1·5–2 mm. long; vestigial ovary c. 0·5 mm. long; gynophore c. 0·5 mm. long.
- sex Female
- Female flower and capsule unknown.
Native to:
Mozambique
Adenia mossambicensis W.J.de Wilde appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 71(18): 194 (1971)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
-
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
-
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0