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Adenia volkensii

Adenia volkensii

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The sap is very poisonous[1]. The fruit and roots are used to poison hyenas[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Shrub
Growth—

Prefers a position in full sun[1]. Requires a well-drained soil[1, 2]. The plant stores water in its swollen stem and rootstock and is therefore drought tolerant[1]. The plant regenerates quickly after damage by cutting and from bush fires that are not too fierce[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings. Fairly easy, but the resultant plants do not always form the swollen stems found in seed-grown material[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Adenia+volkensii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  2. [2]Bihrmann's Caudiciforms — http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ ↩︎An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots.