Adenium

Adenium subsp. var.	Desert Rose, Sabi Star, Kudu
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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.

Cultivation

Adenium do not make great house plants. They are best grown in pots in full sun. The planting medium should allow excellent drainage. Too much water will rot the roots and Caudex

Propagation

Adenium can be easily propagated by seed, cuttings and grafting.

Pests and diseases

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Species

The genus Adenium has been held to contain as many as twelve species. These are considered by other authors to be subspecies or varieties. A late-20th-century classification by Plazier recognizes five species. Species include:

• Adenium arabicum Balf.f. (Arabia)
• Adenium boehmianum Schinz (Namibia, Angola)
• Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch. (Southern Africa, from Zambia south)
• Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Adenium obesum subsp. obesum (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan)
  • Adenium obesum subsp. oleifolium (South Africa, Botswana)
  • Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Socotra)
  • Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Eastern Africa)
• Adenium swazicum Stapf (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)