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Adenia subsessilifolia is a caudiciform (caudex-forming) succulent in the passionflower family, endemic to southern Madagascar. It is grown for its swollen caudex and needs strong light, fast-draining soil and very sparing water.
Adenia subsessilifolia is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae, described by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie. Adenia subsessilifolia is endemic to southern Madagascar. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenia subsessilifolia 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.
