Apocynaceae
Cobas tree
Pachypodium namaquanum
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Pachypodium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 光堂
- English
- Cobas tree, Elephant's trunk, Elephant’s trunk
Synonyms
- Adenium namaquanum Wyley ex Harv.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Burge D, Mugford K, Hastings A, Agrawal A, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Javier Ábalos Alvarez, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Burge D, Mugford K, Hastings A, Agrawal A, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magriet b, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Burge D, Mugford K, Hastings A, Agrawal A, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.