ADENIA PULCHRA

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Michael George Gilbert and Willem Jan Jacobus Oswald de Wilde in 1992. It is found in the Bale Region in Etiopia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to fifteen centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 100 centimetres in height. The flowers are beautiful...

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 from Latin: "beautiful".