聖果西番蓮 Adenia Keramanthus

 This plant will be in hibernation mode during summer.  During summer (May to October), you will be receiving a caudex with no leave and you need to wait till winter for new growth of leaves. 

- Adenia keramanthus diverse in Madagascar, eastern and western tropical Africa, and   Southeast Asia

- It has alternately arranged leaves borne on petiole 

- Inflorescences of a few to many flowers occur in the leaf axils,calyx of sepals around the base of the flower has five lobes,are usually smaller than the sepals and may be whitish

- There are three styles tipped with stigmas that may be long-hairy to very woolly,the fruit is a red capsule,each black seed has a fleshy aril

- Don't water your plant frequently in hibernation mode to prevent root rot

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