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Blueleaf Elephantfoot

Adenia glauca

Also called Bushman's Poison

Blueleaf Elephantfoot
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber, Bulb
Native range
SE. Botswana to Northern Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Adenia glauca is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it occurs in southeastern Botswana and northern South Africa.

It grows from 0.5 to 3.5 m tall, with its main stem enlarged at ground level.

Other Adenia plants

Adenia cissampeloides · Wild Granadilla · Greenstem · Adenia globosa · Adenia heterophylla · Adenia hondala · Elephant's Foot · Adenia stylosa · Adenia subsessilifolia · Elephantfoots

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenia glauca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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