African Plant Database


Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms
Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
Protologue : Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 255 (1897)
Information on the genus : Adenia
Basionym : Modecca cissampeloides Planch. ex Hook.
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Modecca cissampeloides Planch. ex Hook.
 Ophiocaulon cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Mast.
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms var. gummifera (SA = accepted; TA = rejected)
=Modecca gummifera Harv.
=Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms (SA = accepted; TA = rejected unused)
=Ophiocaulon gracile (Harms) Pellegr.
=Adenia gracilis Harms (1897)
=Adenia guineensis W. J. de Wilde (1971)
=Adenia reticulata (De Wild. & T. Durand) Engl.
=Ophiocaulon reticulatum De Wild. & T. Durand (1900)
=Adenia adenifera Engl.
=Adenia gracilis subsp. pinnata W. J. de Wilde
=Adenia gummifera var. cerifera W. J. de Wilde (1971)
=Adenia lobulata Engl. (1921)
=Adenia reticulata var. cinerea W. J. de Wilde
=Ophiocaulon gummifer Mast. (1871)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Subligneous climber, to 25 m, stems to 10 cm ?at base; sterile tendrils simple or 3-fid, 10-20 cm long.
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Ecology : Primary and secondary rain-forest, forest edges; gallery, savanna and swamp forest; clearings; 0-2200 m alt. Fernando Poo (Bioko). Batting curses and beating depression: Adenia gummifera in Zulu traditional medicine.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • (2015). Flore du Gabon. Paris 46: 58
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 525 (2006).
 
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see under The International Plant Name Index
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
 
Map
carte afrique num 114499
 
Record n°114499 modified 2007-03-30
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