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Uncarina grandidieri
Also called Succulent Sesame
Uncarina grandidieri, also known as succulent sesame, mousetrap plant, mousetrap tree, farehitra, or farehitsy, is a species of semi-succulent, caudex-forming flowering plants native to South Madagascar. Named by Otto Stapf in 1895, it grows in desert or dry shrubland.
Uncarina grandidieri has been used as an ornamental plant because due to its flowers, which resembles Thunbergia and its caudex.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Uncarina grandidieri 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.
