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Desert beauty

Adenium Obesum or Desert Rose.

 

The sap of this plant is poisonous.

 

The plant is a native of East Africa and often lives for hundreds of years. The growth habit of this flower is one that may be grown as a bonsai.

 

Photographed at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in the Desert Conservatory house.

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Uploaded on June 11, 2006
Taken on June 11, 2006