Very hot area - I never will import non-flowering plant (7)
I believe the answer is:
inferno
'very hot area' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'i never will import non-flowering plant' is the wordplay.
'never' becomes 'no' (I've seen this in other clues).
'will import' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'non-flowering plant' becomes 'fern' (I've seen this in another clue).
'no' placed around 'fern' is 'nferno'.
'i'+'nferno'='INFERNO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inferno that I've seen before include "Where Satan lives and sinners go" , "A raging fire as in hell - ask Dante" , "Furious" , "Hellish poem" , "Nine Circles here" .)