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Adenia digitata
Adenia digitata is a climbing succulent from southern and eastern Africa that grows from a large underground tuber and sends out long, thin stems. It is grown as a curiosity for its caudex and needs fast-draining soil, full sun and dry conditions.
Adenia digitata is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is a climbing geophyte, from 0.2 to 3 meters long, which grows from a tuber. It is native to southern and eastern Africa, from Tanzania and Angola to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Adenia cissampeloides · Greenstem · Blueleaf Elephantfoot · Adenia globosa · Adenia heterophylla · Adenia hondala · Elephant's Foot · Adenia stylosa · Adenia subsessilifolia · Elephantfoots
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenia digitata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
