Pachypodium cactipes - Madagascan Palm - Rare African Succulent - 5 Seeds Rape flowers in yellow

flowers in yellow

Description - A member of the squash family with its roots in the Americas

Produces perfectly round

the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five

Pachypodium cactipes - Madagascan Palm - Rare African Succulent - 5 Seeds Rape flowers in yellowPachypodium is a genus of succulent spine bearing trees and shrubs, native to Africa. It belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. A squat pachycaule with a smooth trunk that turns silver gray as it ages. There are weak, reddish, conical spines on the upper half of the plant. After the plant first flowers, it begins to branch until it forms a head of short, thick, tapered branches with groups of leaves sprouting from the tips of the branches. Blooms