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Pachypodium
Pachypodium is a genus of succulent spine-bearing trees and shrubs, native to Madagascar and Africa. It belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Pachypodium comes from a Latin form from Greek pachus (thick) and podion (foot) (or Gk podos, root form of pous, foot), hence meaning thick-footed.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Madagascar Palm
speciesPachypodium lamerei
kambroo
speciesPachypodium succulentum
Elephant's Foot Plant
speciesPachypodium rosulatum
Kudu Lily
speciesPachypodium saundersii
Pachypodium bispinosum
speciesPachypodium bispinosum
Halfmens
speciesPachypodium namaquanum
Pachypodium rutenbergianum
speciesPachypodium rutenbergianum
ghost-men
speciesPachypodium geayi
Pachypodium densiflorum
speciesPachypodium densiflorum
bottle tree
speciesPachypodium lealii
Pachypodium brevicaule
speciesPachypodium brevicaule
Pachypodium decaryi
speciesPachypodium decaryi
Pachypodium mikea
speciesPachypodium mikea
Pachypodium ambongense
speciesPachypodium ambongense
Madagascar palm
speciesPachypodium baronii
Pachypodium menabeum
speciesPachypodium menabeum
Pachypodium horombense
speciesPachypodium horombense
Pachypodium stenanthum
speciesPachypodium stenanthum
Pachypodium meridionale
speciesPachypodium meridionale
Pachypodium windsorii
speciesPachypodium windsorii
Pachypodium inopinatum
speciesPachypodium inopinatum
Pachypodium eburneum
speciesPachypodium eburneum
Pachypodium cactipes
speciesPachypodium cactipes
Pachypodium sofiense
speciesPachypodium sofiense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126141.