ADENIA KIRKII

This plant from Specks have this narrow lobed leaf. Photo by Specks. The flower by Xero Sicyos, Llifle.com. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1891 PASSIFLORACEAE Costal Kenya, Eastern Tanzania, Zanzibar Mix Medium Medium - Maximum 30 Centimetres 3 Meters Green Seeds/Cuttings - Modecca kirkii, Masters, 1871

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in Costal Kenya, Eastern Tanzania and Zanzibar, growing in well-drained soil with some water and quiet some sun. The flowers are green, and beside from seeds, it can be reproduced by cuttings, which might not form the caudex. It will raise to three meters from a 30 centimetres caudex.

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 Thomas Kirk, 1828-1898, an English-born botanist.

This plant might NOT be a A. kirkii, which have more narrow lobed leaves. Then again, it could be juvenile leaves.