Adenium

See also: adenium

Translingual

Etymology

1819 after Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan) used for this plant, although the type specimen has already been collected in 1763 by Forsskål – he called it Nerium obesum and used the Arabic name for Adenia.

Proper noun

Adenium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – adenia, native to Africa and the Middle East.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adenium obesum - type species

References

• Adenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Adenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons