Plant Details

Accepted name:: Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
adana	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
adnah	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
baobab chacal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
baobab du chacal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
baobab of the jackal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
baobá exótica	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
baobá-exótica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
desert rose	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
desert-rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
djindje pété	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
djindje-pété	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
egales	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
faux baobab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
feyid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewöhnliche wüstenrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
halubu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
impala lily	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
impala-lily	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ipirintai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaluny	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koliya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lgandaiyu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lis des impalas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
marud	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mdagu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mdaguwande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mock azalea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muk-fadjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwandiga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwanja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
obbe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oleteti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pied d'éléphant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rosa do deserto	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rosa-do-deserto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rose du désert	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
seyfid	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tulata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ökenros	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Barks, whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adenium arabicum Balf.f. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 31: 162 (1888).
Adenium coetaneum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 277 (1902).
Adenium honghel Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 32: t. 54 (1846).
Adenium somalense Balf.f. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 31: 162 (1888).
Cameraria obesa (Forssk.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 641 (1824).
Nerium obesum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 205 (1775).
Adenium arboreum Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Bot.: t. 4 (1900).
Adenium micranthum Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 334 (1894).
Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Vierh.) Lavranos Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 38: 23 (1966).
Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley Repert. Pl. Succ. 29: 3 (1978 publ. 1980).
Adenium socotranum Vierh. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 54: 286 (1904).
Adenium somalense var. caudatipetalum Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).
Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).
Adenium speciosum Fenzl Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 51(2): 140 (1865).
Adenium tricholepis Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Adenium arabicum Balf.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Adenium coetanum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Adenium hongel A. DC.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Adenium honghei	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Adenium obesum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. et Schult.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Adenium obesum (Forssk.)Roem. & Schult.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Adenium obesum (Forsskal) Roem. et Schult.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Adenium obesum Roemer et Schultes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Adenium somalense Balf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cameraria obesa (Forssk.)Spreng.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nerium obesum Forssk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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