ADENIA FIRINGALAVENSIS
Author:
Hermann August Theodor Harms, 1925
Family:
PASSIFLORACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Harms. (1925). In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ed. 2, 21: 490.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
28-50 Centimetres
Height:
1-15 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Ophiocaulon firingalavense, Drake ex Jum. 1903.
This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1925. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem will grow from 28 to 50 centimetres in diameter, two metres high, the vines to fifteen meters long. The flowers are greenish. If it is sheltered from the direct sun, the caudex remains nice green. The former A. f. stylosa is now Adenia stylosa.
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 after the area it was found in; Firingalave. From a botanical garden in Madagascar. A big plant I saw in a private collection on Madagascar.
Flower
Greenish-White
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
