Native to Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen; introduced into Society Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 28, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro (Isongo)

-8.781944, 36.717222

Location Remarks

Hwy B1 Kifaru

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Adenium

Specific Epithet

obesum

Authorship

(Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#285,050 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →