What Is Desert Rose?
Desert rose (Adenium obesum) is a poisonous red-flowered succulent. It grows naturally in Africa and the Middle East, but is used as an ornamental plant elsewhere.
Desert rose is a shrubby succulent with a branching stalk with age. It often grows to a height of 50 cm, sometimes up to 150 cm. The leaves are dark green and shiny. The inflorescence is funnel-shaped, yellow in the centre and otherwise red, white or pink.
Desert rose is the best known ornamental species of the genus Adenium. Adenium is a genus of plants in the “dogbane family” (Apocynaceae). The plants of this genus are commonly called desert roses. They are most closely related to oleander (aka nerium).