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Adenium obesum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Flower bud - Click to enlarge!

Flower bud; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Branches with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branches with flowers; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Adenium obesum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 12/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1628
Date of entry: 12.03.2011
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Desert-rose

German: Wüstenrose

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Adenium (1)

            Epithet: obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. (1)

Synonym: Adenium arabicum Balf.f.

arabicum => of Arabian origin

obesum => fat

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

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