Adenium arabicum

Adenium arabicum is a species of succulent plant commonly used for bonsai and cultivated for its shiny leaves, growth form and flowering characteristics. Common names include desert rose, elephant's foot, and Adanah bush.^[1] They are monoecious and self-sterile.^[2] A. arabicum is native to Yemen and Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Adenium arabicum
A. arabicum trained as bonsai.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Adenium
Species:	A. arabicum
Binomial name
Adenium arabicum Balf.f.

The leaves of this species have a broad surface. Leaves also tend to be large and somewhat leathery in appearance. Growth form is squat and fat, with a definite caudex and without much differentiation between trunk and branches.^[2] Bark may appear a purplish to dark brown color. Flowers range from pink to reddish pink. They are tubular, often appear for 2-3 days, and may appear before the leaves.^[3]

A. arabicum prefers full sun, and is suitable for US hardiness zones 10 and 11.^[1]

Adenium Arabicum Tree, Taken in the fall of 2014, Tihama, Jizan, Southwest Saudi Arabia