Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

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Samburu National Reserve, Waso.

Synonyms:	Adenium arabicum Balf.f. Adenium arboreum Ehrenb. Adenium coetaneum Stapf Adenium honghel Lindl. Adenium micranthum Stapf Adenium socotranum Vierh. Adenium somalense Balf.f. Adenium speciosum Fenzl Adenium tricholepis Chiov. Cameraria obesa (Forssk.) Spreng. Nerium obesum Forssk.
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Status:	Native
Description:	For descriptions see World Flora Online
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Derivation of specific name:	obesum: obese, fat, referring to the succulent, thick-set habit of the species.
Habitat:	In hot and dry rocky bushveld.
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Worldwide distribution:	Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina, Niger, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan-South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Socotra, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
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Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Flora of Kenya: Adenium obesum
Flora of Uganda: Adenium obesum

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Adenium obesum
African Plant Database: Adenium obesum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Adenium obesum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Adenium obesum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Adenium obesum
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iNaturalist: Adenium obesum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adenium obesum
JSTOR Plant Science: Adenium obesum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Adenium obesum
Plants of the World Online: Adenium obesum
Tropicos: Adenium obesum
Wikipedia: Adenium obesum