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Pachypodium

Pachypodium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pachypodium
Species
P. ambongense
P. baronii
P. bicolor
P. bispinosium
P. brevicalyx
P. decaryi
P. densiflorum
P. eburneum
P. geayi
P. gracilius
P. horombense
P. inopinatum
P. lamerei
P. lealii (Bottle tree)
P. meridionale
P. namaquanum (Cobas tree)
P. ramosum
P. rosulatum
P. rutenbergianum
P. sofiense
P. succulentum
P. windsorii

Pachypodium is a genus included in the plant Family Apocynaceae. The genus name means thick (pachy) foot (podium) and refers to the thick, almost branchless stems. As other members of the Apocynaceae family, Pachypodiums possess a milky latex, rich in alkaloids, which, in the case of ''P. lealii (bottle tree), can be very poisonous.

References

Trees of Southern Africa by A. van Wyk and P. van Wyk

External link

http://www.pachypodium.org