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Taxon:  Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.



Summary
Genus:
Adenium
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Apocynoideae
Tribe:
Wrightieae
Nomen number:
1446
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 4:411. 1819
Verified:
07/05/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Nerium obesum Forssk.

Autonym(s)
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. obesum
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. var. obesum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Adenium coetaneum Stapf
Adenium honghel A. DC.
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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  4. Colombo, R. C. et al. 2018. Adenium obesum as a new potted flower: growth management. Ornam. Hortic. 24:197-205.
  5. Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
  6. Eggli, U. 1994. Sukkulenten Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Company.
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  12. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  14. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  15. Pichon, M. 1953. Monographie des Landolphiées. Mém Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35:78-79.
  16. Plaizier, A. C. 1980. A revision of Adenium Roem. & Schult. and of Diplorhynchus Welw. ex Fic. & Hiern (Apocynaceae). Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool. 80-12:1-42.
  17. Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  18. Singh, A. et al. 2017. Evaluation of Adenium obesum for potted ornamentals under soilless growing system. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Appl. Scie. 6:2141-2146.
  19. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  20. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  22. Van der Walt, K. & E. T. F. Witkowski. 2017. Seed viability, germination and seedling emergence of the critically endangered stem succulent, Adenium swazicum, in South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 109:237-245. Note: mentions
  23. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
English
desert-rose –
impala-lily –
mock azalea –
French
baobab chacal –
faux baobab –
lis des impalas –
pied d'éléphant –
rose du désert –
German
gewöhnliche Wüstenrose –
Portuguese
baobá-exótica –
djindje-pété –
rosa-do-deserto –
Swahili
mdagu –
mdaguwande –
mwanja –
Swedish
ökenros –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Guinea, Senegal
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Medicinesfolklore Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Non-vertebrate poisonslivestock pest controlagainst lice and ticksTurrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Vertebrate poisonsfish Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1446. Accessed 16 May 2025.