Adenium Obesum Desert Rose - Mixed Colour Single Flowers - Seeds Nymphaea The flowers have nectaries

The flowers have nectaries

The sweet licorice-like flavour of both the seeds and leaves make a comforting tea that has traditionally been employed as a treatment for asthma

Leaves are lance-shaped or almost round

In some species the old leaves persist and form a short column on which new leaves develop

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Adenium Obesum Desert Rose - Mixed Colour Single Flowers - Seeds Nymphaea The flowers have nectariesAdenium obesum is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. Common names include Sabi Star, Kudu, and Desert rose. It is an evergreen or drought deciduous succulent shrub (which can also lose its leaves during cold spells, or according to the subspecies or