Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Adenium swazicum Stapf trib. Wrightieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 53 (1907) |
Native Range | s. Mozambique to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 190-400m |
Description | succulent, branchlets glabrous, leaves obovate-cuneate, rounded, coriaceous, glaucous, glabrous, cymes terminal, tomentose, sepals lanceolate, corolla in throat purple |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Adenium boehmianum var. swazicum (Stapf) G.D.Rowley Adenium obesum ssp. swazicum (Stapf) G.D.Rowley |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |