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Apocynaceae
Desert Rose
Adenium obesum
Beauty in adversity.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Adenium
- Native to
- East Africa, Arabian Peninsula
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- succulent shrub
- Height
- 3-9 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Sandy, well-drained soil
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 10-12
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Desert Rose develops a massive swollen trunk called a caudex that stores water, enabling it to survive months of drought.
- In its native habitat, the plant's toxic sap has been used by African hunters to poison arrow tips for centuries.
- Thai hybridizers have created thousands of cultivars with ruffled, multi-colored, and even fragrant flowers.
- Some specimens can live for over 500 years, with their caudex growing to several feet in diameter.
- It is closely related to oleander and plumeria, all members of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Color meanings
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devotion
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perseverance