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Adenodolichos rhomboideus

Adenodolichos rhomboideus is a little-known subshrub in the pea and bean family, native to woodlands of tropical southern-central Africa. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited and mostly general.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile loam or a light potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. DR Congo to S. Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Adenodolichos rhomboideus is a plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to tropical Africa.

Where it grows

Adenodolichos rhomboideus is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Its habitat is in woodland.

Other Adenodolichos plants

Adenodolichos acutifoliolatus · Adenodolichos baumii · Adenodolichos exellii · Adenodolichos huillensis · Adenodolichos kaessneri · Adenodolichos paniculatus · Adenodolichos punctatus · Adenodolichos rupestris · Adenodolichos

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenodolichos rhomboideus 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.

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