Apocynaceae
Bushman poison
Adenium boehmianum
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Adenium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Pylgif
- Chinese
- 勃姆天宝花
- English
- Bushman poison
Synonyms
- Adenium obesum subsp. boehmianum (Schinz) G.D.Rowley
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Bushman poison: A Bushman Poison [ 1 ] succulent near the Kunene river, Namibia. It is endemic to Namibia and Angola, and flowers exclusively in the dry winter season. Previous](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Adenium_boehmianum.jpg/1280px-Adenium_boehmianum.jpg)
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Stieglitz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.