Adenia mannii
(Mast.) Engl.
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Description
A slender climber. It can be 5 m tall. The leaves are pale green. They are 4-17 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The flowering stalk is up to 12 cm long. There are 30 male flowers and 10 female flowers. There are 1-3 tendrils that can be up to 15 cm long. The flowers are tube shaped. There are 1-6 fruit in a group. They are narrow and angular. There are 20-30 seeds.
Edible Uses
The aril of the fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest near marshes and in the coastal zone in West Africa. It grows up to 1,050 and 1,150 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, West Africa,
Notes
There are 95 Adenia species. They are common in the semiarid regions of Africa.
Synonyms
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Global Plants JSTOR
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
