Pentarrhinum insipidum belongs to the family Apocynaceae. When it's not in flower, it looks similar to the invasive Moth Catcher, a vine that comes from South America. Heart Vine is indigenous to Africa and it is found twining in among grasses but it can also grow aggressively in disturbed soil.
I took the picture above of the same vine in November, before the summer rains had started so it looks a little different. The fruit, stems and leaves are all edible and when it seeds, I am going to plant this in my vegetable garden, since the traditional vegetables are all badly affected by root knot nematodes, aka eelworm. I have noticed that many native plants are not affected and I hope that this is one of them.
Great flowers i have seen first time and you have given nice information.
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Thank you
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Wow! You are very observant!! You know which plants are suitable for the situation!
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Knowledge is power
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My friend was in Africa. He told me that in many places there was a reddish-brown earth.
I look at your photos the land is not black.
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Many places do have red soil beause the underlying geology is a very red shale. This part has an underlying geolgy of quartzite and a light brown shale so the soil is not red and it is a very poor soil for growing plants that are not adapted to the conditions
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Thank you very much for the explanation.
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We plant marigolds to keep nematodes away, if they are the same nematodes.
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I have heard of that although I am unsure as to what kind they are. If I keep improving the soil with compost it should eventually get better
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The variety of marigold doesn't matter.
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Sorry, I meant the type of nematode. There are quite a few different kinds out there and marigold doesn't work against all of them :(
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haha - Yeah, I was wondering that too.
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Fun to experiment with growing native plants.
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For sure!
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Vaya amiga, es todo un reto el que tiene allí a su alcance. Ha encontrado muchos tesoros todos estos días. Frutos, flores, raíces. Que emocionante.
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Good post!
Our land is also reddish-brown.
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