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Halfmens or elephants trunk
Pachypodium namaquanum
About
Pachypodium namaquanum, also known as halfmens or elephants trunk, is a Southern African succulent plant in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). The genus name Pachypodium is from the Greek for 'thick foot', an allusion to its swollen base, while the species name namaquanum is a reference to Namaqualand.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pachypodium namaquanum
- Slug
- pachypodium-namaquanum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Pachypodium
- Species
- namaquanum
- Wikidata QID
- Q149354
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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