Category: Adenia

Adenia trilobata (Roxb.) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 375 1891. (syn: Modecca saponaria (Blanco) Blanco; Modecca trilobata Roxb.; Passiflora saponaria Blanco); India, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Stems upto 20m. Leaves usually deeply 3-lobed; lobes elliptic to lanceolate, 9-15x3cm, acuminate, base cordate or sagittate, glabrous on both surfaces, blade […]

Adenia cordifolia (Blume) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 376 1891. (syn: Adenia obtusa Engl.; Adenia quadrifida Merr.; Adenia vespertilio Hallier f.; Microblepharis cordifolia M.Roem.; Microblepharis obtusa M.Roem.; Modecca cordifolia Blume; Modecca heterophylla Kurz; Modecca obtusa Bl.); Java, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan, Nicobars (Central Nicobars) as per Catalogue of Life;    Fwd: identity of a […]

Adenia wightiana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 376 1891. (syn: Modecca wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Modecca diversifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Modecca diversifolia Wall. ex G. Don (ambiguous synonym); Modecca wightiana Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Modecca wightiana Wall. ex G. Don (ambiguous synonym)); S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of […]

Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) W.J.de Wilde, Blumea 15: 265 1967. (Syn: Adenia palmata Engl.; Granadilla hondala Gaertn.; Modecca integrifolia Lam.; Modecca palmata Lam.; Modecca tuberosa Roxb.; Passiflora hondala (Gaertn.) Steud.); . S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . a-DEN-ee-uh — named after city of Aden (in Yemen) … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipediahon-DAL-ah — name of the plant hondala in Sinhalese … NPGS […]