Adenium obesum 'White star' is a cultivar of Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Also known as; the 'desert rose', it is a succulent that stores water in a caudex. The caudex can be shaped and developed in different ways, making it look very decorative. The swollen trunk makes the evergreen shrub more tree-like in appearance. It can reach heights of up to five metres in nature, but when cultivated indoors, the Adenium houseplant can grow anywhere between 30 cm to 3 metres in height.These desert rose’s evergreen leaves are oval, thick, and dark green in colour. But it is not just their interesting stem shapes and evergreen leaves we find intriguing: their delicate flowers create a real contrast.
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The name of the genus “adenium” is the Latinization of the local name “oddaejn” = of Aden and refers to the place where the plant was originally recovered. The specific name, Latin, “obesum” = obese, swollen, refers to the enlarged caudex.
Adenium obesum 'White star'
Adenium obesum 'White star' comes in a 13 cm pot and is ca. 35 cm tall