Adenium (English spelling)

Japanese: アデニウム(英語表記)Adenium
Adenium (English spelling)
A genus in the Apocynaceae family. A succulent shrub with pink oleander-like thick-petaled flowers at the ends of its branches, but is poisonous. It is grown in pots or in the ground, and in tropical regions is planted in gardens and along tree-lined avenues as a flowering tree. There are about 10 known species in the genus Adenium, but the main species cultivated is A. obesum Balf. (desert rose) (illustration), native to the southern Arabian Peninsula. The leaves are elliptical, slightly spreading toward the tip, with a rounded tip.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
キョウチクトウ科の1属。多肉な低木で,枝先に桃色のキョウチクトウに似た花弁の厚い花をつけるが,有毒な植物である。鉢植えや地植えにされ,熱帯地方では花木として庭園や並木に植栽される。アデニウム属には10種あまりが知られているが,栽培されているのは主としてオベースムA.obesum Balf.(英名desert rose)(イラスト)で,原産地はアラビア半島南部。葉は楕円形で先に向かってやや広がり,先端は丸味を帯びている。

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