
Photo by
Gregg DeChirico.
This is A. b.
var. swazicum by Esteban Suárez de Urbina Chapman from his own collection.

Esteban Suárez de Urbina
Chapman's picture of one of his flowering plant.

Esteban Suárez de Urbina
Chapman picture of a plant, grown from seeds from baobabs.com, with leaves,
so folded that it resemble those of an A. oleifolium.

Esteban Suárez de Urbina Chapman picture
of a plant (in the back), grown from seeds from baobabs.com, with quite
unfolded leaves.

Esteban Suárez de Urbina Chapman picture
of a plant, grown from seeds from baobabs.com, with a drooping stems habit
and vigorous leaves witch are hardly folded.

Found this dormant plant somewhere in South Africa, I can't
recall where.

A small plant. |
Author: |
Otto Stapf, 1907 |
Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
Origin: |
Eswatini, Mozambique,
Northern South Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water: |
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
100 Centimetres |
Height: |
20-70 Centimetres |
Flower: |
Crimson - Deep Mauve - Pink -
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names: |
- |
Synonyms: |
(Adenium boehmianum
var. swazicum, G.D.Rowley, 1974).
(Adenium obesum
subsp. swazicum, G.D. Rowley, 1980). |
This member of the
Apocynaceae
family
was given this name by Otto Stapf in 1907. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique
and northern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
one meter in diameter, the entire plant
from 20 to 70 centimetres in height. The flowers are crimson, deep mauve over pink to
white.
The species is named
after Swaziland; the old name for Eswatini, where it also is found.
Where G.D. Rowley
thought it was a subspecies of Adenium boehmianum,
the expert Mark Dimmitt states vehemently that they are clear-cut
distinct species. A. boehmianum has a wider and unfolded leaf, a
smaller and white flower, the caudex is differently coloured even
sometimes showing some sort of bark (it's hardly succulent), has a
treelet form and occurs throughout the opposite side of the south of
Africa. |

Wild plant from northern Eswatini.

Wild plant from northern Eswatini.

Wild plant from northern Eswatini.

Habitat in northern Eswatini.

The Eswatini flower from the front.

The Eswatini flowers from the side. |