ADENIA ACULEATA

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and north-eastern Kenya, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter, the whole small tree reach two meters or even 20 metres with the vines. The flowers are cream coloured.

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 means 'tapered', as the branches are. Two years, mine have been stopped at three centimetre height. Then, within a month in late autumn, it grow a 60 centimetre "vine".