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Exceptions are stem succulents with deciduous, non-succulent leaves, such as elephant trees (Bursera spp.), limberbushes (Jatropha spp.), and desert roses (Adenium spp.).
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Succulent trees, such as Euphorbia arbuscula, Dracaena socotranus, and Adenium obesum spp. sokotranum and emergent trees, such as Boswellia spp.,
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Adenium socotranum has a special cell sap cycling within the caudex which prevents overheating.
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_Echinocactus_, _Adenium obesum_, some species of _Vitis_, &c. So, too, the upper portion of the flower-stalk occasionally becomes much dilated, so as ultimately to form a portion of the fruit.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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If the dragon's-blood tree, with its close-set, radiating branches and stiff, aloe-like leaves, is quaint -- and some might be inclined to say ugly -- it has, nevertheless, its economic use; but not so its still quainter comrade on the slopes of Mount Haghier, the gouty, swollen-stemmed _Adenium_.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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SCCULENTS: Adenium is spectacular for its swollen stems, called caudex, and colourful flowers.
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Although the flowers of Adenium obesum are beautiful in their own right _ pale pink with deep red petal margins and fading to near white towards the throat _ they now pale in comparison with the flowers of the new hybrids, which range in colour from white, pink, red, magenta and purple to multi-colour.
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On propagation: Adenium can be easily propagated by seed or by cutting, air layering and grafting.
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NOT AS BRIGHT: The 'Adenium obesum' flower is beautiful in its own right, but it has paled in comparison with the flowers of the new hybrids.
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Adenium obesum, called chuan chom in Thai, has been grown in Thailand for decades, but the introduction of other adenium species into the country in recent years has resulted in intensive breeding and cross-breeding that produced hundreds of spectacular hybrids.
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