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Desert Rose

Adenium obesum

Description:

The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots. The flowers tend to red and pink, often with a whitish blush outward of the throat.

Habitat:

A. obesum is a popular houseplant in temperate regions.

Notes:

was taken from our neighborhood's plant box .. :P

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4 Comments

FREEhands
FREEhands 13 years ago

thanks! ^___^

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

It is Desert Rose and a type of Plumeri.

elapj
elapj 13 years ago

Desert Rose. In the Philippines, some call it Bangkok kalachuchi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_obe...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Reminds me of Plumeria

FREEhands
Spotted by
FREEhands

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 25, 2011
Submitted on Apr 25, 2011

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