Pachypodium bispinosum (live succulent)

Pachypodium bispinosum (live succulent)

Family: Apocynaceae.

Common names: bobbejaankos, kragman, sterkman, kamoa, kambroo.

A succulent shrublet with a partially subterranean, tuberous stem up to 0.6 m tall, the branches armed with paired straight spines 10-20 mm long. The narrow leaves are scattered or in tufts on the stems. The broad, bell-shaped flowers are few and in clusters at the tips of the branches, 15-20 mm in diameter. Flowers appear with the leaves from August to December in shades of purple to pink. It is in a 12cm pot.