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Adenium obesum

(Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. (1819)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Adenium

desert rose, mock azalea

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 411 (1819)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Adenium obesum Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Corolla lobes bright-red, grading to bright-pink down center of lobes; tube cream to green inside, pink outside. Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1954-05-18
2 Adenium obesum Koko Crater rim trail, well above Garden collection. Dry open rocky lowland steep slope. Growing among Koa haole, Euphorbia ingens, Cynanchum gerrardii. Preserved_Specimen Shrub with swollen caudex about 5 feet tall with smooth light bark. Leaves crowded at branch ends. Flowers white in center, dark pink outside. Sap honey colored, thin. OED 2012031903 Oahu BISH 2012-03-19
3 Adenium obesum Allerton Estate at Lawai Kai, Lawai Valley; Koloa District In jungle garden on W side of valley where plantings begin behind beach. Preserved_Specimen Subshrub w/succulent stems; leaves and flowers clustered at stem tips, levaes glossy med. green w/whitish midvein, below dull pale green; in bud tube pale green w/rose tinge, lobes dark red, open flowers w/rose tube, tube pale yellow within w/five red lines; lobes white at base with pink then dark rose margins. Fragrant (10:30 a.m.). Flynn, T.W. 5782 Kauai BISH 1995-04-10
4 Adenium obesum Honolulu, Niu area, Oka Nursery & Landscaping, 445 Halaki St Potted in full sun. Preserved_Specimen A multi-trunked sparsely-branched shrub whose trunk bases are swollen. Flower light pink with some dark pink particularly at the corolla lobe margins. Lau, J. 1947 Oahu BISH 1986-02-03
5 Adenium obesum Home of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. H. Jones, 98-851 Iliee St., Aiea Cultivated; potted. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall. Flowers with red margins, white center. Faint odor. Jones, W.H. Oahu BISH 1986-01-30
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