Accession Data

Adenium obesum

Common Name: Desert Rose

Family: Apocynaceae

Country of Origin: eastern Africa, northern Arabia

Description: [syn. Adenium coetaneum Stapf.]

Shrub to 2m high with thick caudex and many short branches; leaves at ends of branches; pink flowers.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800179

Accession Date: 1998-11-16

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2208

Quantity: 1

Source: Bryan Connolly ex Arid Lands

Culture: Popular in tropical gardens, they prefer a position in full sun or part-shade and thrive best in climates with a well-marked dry season. Kept dwarfed and rootbound in a pot, they will often flower more profusely. As they are very prone to rotting, they require a gritty, well-drained soil. Propagate from seed or cuttings.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Apocynoideae

Tribe: Nerieae

Flowering Data:

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References

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
Succulents - The Illustrated Dictionary, Sajeva & Costanzo, 1994
Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

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