Adenia

adenia -adenia Translingual thumb|Adenia glauca species Etymology mul :af ar:عَدَن<id:Adenium> -ia 1 Coined in 1763 from Forsskål, who has recorded mul ar عَدَن for Adenia venenata species and added the suffix mul ia; it stayed the only known species of the genus for a century. mul Adenium for which the Arabic name is used. Proper noun 1 f genus family Passifloraceae flowering plants in the passionflower family, found in Southeast Asia and tropical and subtropical Africa en mul 1993 Discovery and Innovation - Volume 5 113 From the literature, the work on Adenia species has been centred on its toxicity and the mode of poisoning of the identified toxic components. en mul 1996 African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs Hans Dieter Neuwinger 3826100778 In recent years, very potent toxic proteins have been isolated from Adenia species. Astonishingly, up to now only two members of the Passifloraceae are known as hunting poisons; both belong to the genus Adenia: A. lobata in west Africa and A. volkensii in east Africa. en mul 2007 The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume IX Klaus Kubitzki 272 3540322191 The stylodia of Adenia are grooved and the pollen tube conducting tissue is on the surface of the ventral slit. Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Adenia venenata species - type species Descendants mul en adenia 1 eo adenio 1 it adenia 1 ml അഡെനിയ 1 es adenia 1 Further reading 1 1 1 56632 genus 181 40032355