The genus name is derived from geographical names Aden in Arabia, where the first plant was recorded. Adenia are very attractive plants, producing flowers in striking colors of red, pink, light purple, red and white. It is interesting caudiciformní decorative plants, suitable for growing in containers as bonsai.

They occur in arid regions are sensitive to frost and waterlogging. In the winter dry season plants and shed leaves. South African species grow in warmer zonách.Adenium is a small genus of succulent shrubs or small trees, which creates special forms of fleshy branches. The appearance of bright flowers, the plant is completely enveloped by them. Different species bloom at different times. Rod is in your environment is very variable, which refers to forms of stems, colors, flowers and overall size. Thanks to the attractiveness of a large number of growers bred cultivars. Five species of this genus found in tropical and southern Africa on Socotra and the Arabian Peninsula. Four species come from South Africa. (Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa). In nature, plants were found in the sandy soil in open, sunny positions. Adenia are very well adapted to hot and dry environment in which to grow. Succulent stems and roots act as a reservoir of water and allow the plants survive in the harshest conditions. Strong tuberous underground stems help plants to survive long periods without water. In cold weather the winter months shed their leaves, then comes the Adenia period of dormancy. The plants are poisonous.

Adenium boehmianum has a very bitter juice and the only species in Namibia is used both as a sagittal poison, which sometimes adds some juice latex of Euphorbia to increase účinku.Velká po100 antelope usually dies meters from the point of contact, while African gazelles succumb within the hour. Adenium multiflorum is used for fishing in Mozambique and South Africa. The poison is made from the bark of the trunk and fleshy parts, but always mixed with the poison of other plants. Some plants are used in medicine. Powdered leaves Adenium oleifolium are used in ointments against scorpion stings, tea from the roots is used as a tonic during febrile illnesses. In Namibia, its juice is used as a sagittal one.

Adenium boehmianum Schinz occurs in dry rocky areas of northern Namibia, southern Botswana and Alngole, at altitudes from 900 to 1200 m is a succulent shrub growing opadávající from 1 to 5 m height. Thick succulent stems bearing white-gray branches covered with dark scars of old detached leaves. The flowers are pink and purple with a darker throat. In cultivation rosltiny are susceptible to root rot. To grow they need sandy, well poropustný substrate in a sufficiently large container. Habitat requires a sunny and warm. Winters warm místnoti limited by all the dressing.

Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch. It grows in lower altitudes up to 1200 m, in hot dry, sandy or rocky areas on the edges of deciduous forests. Plants have been reported from South Africa (Northern KwaZulu - Natal, the eastern Mpumalanga and Limpopo) in Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, continuing to the eastern and western tropical Africa. A. obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. Deciduous succulent shrub or small tree growing to 1-4 m. It's in our most cultivated plant. It is very durable and easily grown succulent. This species grows all year round without dropping leaves, well tolerates dry air in the block of flats and does not require frequent watering.

Adenium oleifolium Stapf growing on rocky ridges of limestone outcrops in sandy or loose soil kani locations in southeastern Botswana and South Africa, at altitudes from 700 to 1200m. Shrub growing to half a meter.

Adenium swazicum Stapf grows in open woodland, on sandy brackish lagoon in South Africa, from 300 to 400 meters. Low shrub growing to 65 cm with a large succulent stem, hidden in the country. The collections of this plant is mostly grown on rootstock oleander.

Adenia are slow-growing plants and thrive in the cultivation of the flats. They are extremely resistant to drought leaders. They require well-drained sandy soil and a sunny growing season and plenty of water. They are very sensitive to cold and frost.

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