Adenium oleifolium Stapf

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c. 14 kms SW of Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa

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Synonyms:	Adenium lugardii N.E. Br. Adenium oleifolium Stapf var. angustifolium Phillips Adenium somalense Balf.f. var. angustifolium (Phillips) Rowley
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Status:	Native
Description:	Succulent shrub up to 40 cm high, forming a dense mass of rather fleshy leaves and stems, with an underground rootstock. Leaves sessile; lamina linear to very narrowly obovate, glaucous or green, shiny above, glabrous, dull beneath, pubescent. Flowers usually appearing with the leaves. Corolla bright scarlet or red to pink; tube yellowish; lobes apiculate. Fruit pale grey, 10-11.5 × 1 cm. Seeds with tufts of hairs.
Notes:	Threatened by harvesting for traditional medicinal purposes.
Derivation of specific name:	oleifolium: with leaves like an olive tree (Olea).
Habitat:	On loose sandy or rocky soils in bushland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Content last updated:	Sunday 21 August 2016
Literature:	Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Botswana Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 18. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 467. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 25.

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