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A plant before flowering by Esteban Suárez de Urbina Chapman from his own collection.


And its big stems by Esteban Suárez de Urbina Chapman from his own collection.


Big plant by Linda De Volder, Travaldo.blogspot.com.

Author: Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, 1861
Family:  APOCYNACEAE
Origin:  Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa,, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  25+ Centimetres
Height:  0,5-3 Meters
Flower:  White / Red
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Impala Lily
Synonyms:  Adenium obesum var multiflorum, Codd

This member of the Apocynaceae family was given this name by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in sandy or other well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The swollen stem can grow to 25 or maybe even 35 centimetres in diameter, while it reach 50 to 300 centimetres in height. The flowers are from white to white and red.

The genera is named after the Yemen city of Aden. The species after all the flowers.


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