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Adenium obesum
Seriously poisonous — do not eat it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
About
Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara, tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa, as well as the Arabian Peninsula. Other names for the flower include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, and impala lily. Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Adenium obesum
- Slug
- adenium-obesum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Adenium
- Species
- obesum
- Wikidata QID
- Q311994
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 4
- Data completeness
- 43
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