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<big>''[[Adenia digitata]]'' (Harv.) Engl.</big>
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:Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 375 (1891).
:Family: Passifloraceae
== Vernacular names ==
*Wild granadilla (En).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
''Adenia'' comprises about 95 species, with about 60 species on the African continent, 20 in Madagascar and 15 in Asia. The genus is subdivided in 6 sections. ''Adenia digitata'' is classified in section ''Blepharanthes''. ''Adenia repanda'' (Burch.) Engl. from section ''Paschanthus'' also occurs in southern Africa, from Angola east to Zimbabwe and south to South Africa, and is reported to be deadly poisonous to man. However, ''Adenia repanda'' is also reported to be greedily eaten by livestock.
== Ecology ==
== Author(s) ==
* A. de Ruijter , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
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