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Adenium obesum
desert rose
As recorded: Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae
- Collected by
- Flynn, T.W.; Lorence, D.H.Timothy Flynn →David H. Lorence →
- Collector number
- 5782
- Date
- April 10, 1995
- Locality
- Allerton Estate at Lawai Kai, Lawai Valley; Koloa District
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On April 10, 1995, Flynn, T.W.; Lorence, D.H. also collected 3 other specimens.
Adenium obesum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1995. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-26.
2025-05-26
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Emmett Magnus Kearns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-14
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2016-07-07
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Gabbie Byers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Adenium obesum. BISH 641439. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956411997. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/641439.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956411997 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026