Characteristics
A climber or small shrub. It can climb into trees. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves are 1.3-5 cm long by 0.1-2 cm wide. The base is rounded. There are several flowering shoots 5-20 mm long by 2-25 mm wide. They are orange to yellow and have a sweet scent. The fruit are follicles 4.5-5.5 cm long by 0.3-0.5 cm wide.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
-
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| Growth support |
climber
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
8.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in dense forest. In Somalia it has been recorded at 1,500 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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