Adenium obesum (Forsk.) Roem. & Schult.

Arusha, Tanzania

Jozini, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Arusha, Tanzania

Arusha, Tanzania

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemboja Jepun, Cempaka Jepun], Sabi Star, Kudu, Desert-rose. 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. Planted as ornamental garden and bonsai plant.Synonym/s:Adenium coetaneum StapfAdenium honghel A.DC.Nerium obesum Forssk.Ref and suggested reading:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_obesum

Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Fruit pod Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemboja Jepun, Cempaka Jepun], Sabi Star, Kudu, Desert-rose. 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. Planted as ornamental garden and bonsai plant.Synonym/s:Adenium coetaneum StapfAdenium honghel A.DC.Nerium obesum Forssk.Ref and suggested reading:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_obesum

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Fruit pod of Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemboja Jepun, Cempaka Jepun], Sabi Star, Kudu, Desert-rose. 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. Planted as ornamental garden and bonsai plant.Synonym/s:Adenium coetaneum StapfAdenium honghel A.DC.Nerium obesum Forssk.Ref and suggested reading:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_obesum

Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemboja Jepun, Cempaka Jepun], Sabi Star, Kudu, Desert-rose. 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. Planted as ornamental garden and bonsai plant. Some of the plants she nurtured are more than 50 years old.Synonym/s:Adenium coetaneum StapfAdenium honghel A.DC.Nerium obesum Forssk.Ref and suggested reading:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_obesum

Jozini, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Adenium obesumdesert rose. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA

Arusha, Tanzania

Arusha, Tanzania