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n. - One species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia.

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  • Adenium socotranum has a special cell sap cycling within the caudex which prevents overheating.
  • Succulent trees, such as Euphorbia arbuscula, Dracaena socotranus, and Adenium obesum spp. sokotranum and emergent trees, such as Boswellia spp.,
  • Exceptions are stem succulents with deciduous, non-succulent leaves, such as elephant trees (Bursera spp.), limberbushes (Jatropha spp.), and desert roses (Adenium spp.).
  • MORE THE MERRIER: Adenium is a genus of succulents from southern Africa and Arabia, but
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