Adenium obesum

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Noun1.Adenium obesum - South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fallAdenium obesum - South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
Adenium, genus Adenium - one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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The medicinal species on display included Adenium obesum known to have anti-tumour/antimicrobial properties, Aegle marmelos (anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory), Allamanda blanchetii (antimicrobial, antioxidants) and Allamanda cathartica (anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour).
(Activity: Anthelmintic, Analgesic), 2- Adenium obesum (Activity: Antitumor, Antimicrobial), 3- Aegle marmelos (Activity: Anti-diabetic, Anti-inflammatory), 4- Ageratum Sp.
Names of some important medicinal flora that were displayed include Acalypha, Adenium obesum Aegle marmelos, Ageratum and others.
Isolation and Characterization of lup-20(29)-ene-3 28-diol (betulin) from the stem bark of Adenium obesum (Apocynaceae).
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