Accession Data
Hydnora africana
Common Name: Jackal Food
Family: Hydnoraceae
Country of Origin: wide distribution across arid areas of southern Africa
Description: A root parasite of certain Euphorbia species. Hydnora produces no chlorophyll and it a total parasite.
In the Namib it is parasitic on Euphorbia virosa, in the Karoo it is found on Euphorbia mauritanica.
Accession Data
Accession #: 201100196
Accession Date: 2011-05-17 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Source: Silverhill Seeds
Provenance: Montague (Montagu?) Western Cape
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Hydnoraceae
References
Horwood, F. K., Two parasites of Euphorbia: Viscum minimum and Hydnora africana, The Euphorbia Journal, Vol 1, pg 45-8, Strawberry Press, 1983
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