Derivation of specific name
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gummifera: producing gum or resin
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Robust, semi-woody climber or liane. Stems striped bluish-green, older stems often with whitish powder. Leaves mostly shallowly three-lobed grey-green, distinctly 3-veined from the base. Flowers unisexual on different plants, in axillary clusters, pale greenish. Male flowers in much larger, denser clusters than female flowers. Fruit an oval capsule, consisting of 5 valves, light green.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Acraea natalica natalica (Natal acraea)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141030
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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from Somalia through East and Central Africa to South Africa; also in the Seychelles.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Adenia gummifera (Harv.) Harms
var. gummifera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141030
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
