Adenium

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	S&E Africa, Arabia
Poisonous:	☠	[[Poisonous::sap poisonous if ingestedsn]]

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	[[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water:	◍	[[Water::regular during growthsn]]
Sunset Zones:		[[Sunset zones::23-27, indoorssn]]

Scientific Names

Apocynaceae >

Adenium >

obesum >

Adenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, containing a single species, Adenium obesum, also known as Sabi Star, Kudu or Desert-rose^wp.

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Species

Several regional subspecies occur^wp:

• Adenium obesum subsp. boehmianum. Namibia, Angola.
• Adenium obesum subsp. obesum. Arabia.
• Adenium obesum subsp. oleifolium. South Africa, Botswana.
• Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum. Socotra.
• Adenium obesum subsp. somalense. Eastern Africa.
• Adenium obesum subsp. swazicum. Eastern South Africa.

Gallery

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  Adenium obesum

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  Close-up of a flower

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External links

• w:Adenium. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Adenium QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)