Distribution Map

Adenium multiflorum

                   
                   

Sisila semphala
sisilasemphala
(Adenium obesum)

Apocynaceae Apocynoideae Nerieae Neriinae

Eswatini Red List status (2002): EN A2cdB1B2abcC1

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC

IUCN Red List: LC (2021)

Global Distribution: South Africa from Kwazulu Natal northwards to tropical Africa.
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Adenium obesum - Up to 3 m high, with swollen succulent stems which branch sparingly. Leaves clustered at ends of branches, succulent, up to 12 cm long x 8 cm wide, tapering below to short stalk, tip blunt. Inflorescence terminal, few-flowered; flowers often appearing while stem leafless. Calyx lobes c 1 cm long, pointed; corolla lobes white or pale pink with a conspicuously darker pink margin, up to 2 cm long; anther with hairy tail up to 2 cm long at tip. Fruit of two spreading parts up to 15 cm long and 1,2 cm diam. Seeds with tuft of brownish hairs up to 2 cm long at each end.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.