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1763 from Forsskål, who has recorded Arabicعَدَن(ʕadan) for Adenia venenata and added the suffix + -ia; it stayed the only known species of the genus for a century. Doublet of Adenium for which the Arabic name is used.
Proper noun
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A taxonomic genus within the familyPassifloraceae – flowering plants in the passionflower family, found in Southeast Asia and tropical and subtropical Africa.
1993, Discovery and Innovation - Volume 5 (in English), page 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.
1996, Hans Dieter Neuwinger, African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs (in English), →ISBN:
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.
2007, Klaus Kubitzki, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume IX (in English), →ISBN, page 272:
The stylodia of Adenia are grooved and the pollen tube conducting tissue is on the surface of the ventral slit.
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