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Accession Data:

Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

  • Common Name: Desert Rose - Socotran form
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Socotra

  • Description: Socotran form (previously Adenium socotranum) that forms a larger cylindrical caudex (with age) than mainland forms of Adenium obesum.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200079
  • Source: Joe Lamela-Macchia
  • Provenance: 
    Acquired as Adenium socotranum.  
Renamed to A. obesum per plant list, but kept as an extra accession due to the desirable, more robust caudiciform nature of this Socotran form.
  • Accession Date: 12-24-2012
  • Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 11-15-2019
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Apocynoideae
  • Tribe: Nerieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Mali / Mauritania / Nigeria / Niger / Senegal / Togo / Burundi / Cameroon / Chad / Ethiopia / Socotra / Somalia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Oman / Saudi Arabia / Yemen /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
  3. Images #00 & #01 courtesy of Stan Malcolm. All Rights Reserved. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:51:27 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Adenium obesum

Additional images for this accession:

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W/C = Wild Collected
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