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Adenium multiflorum

http://adenium.tucsoncactus.org/part1.html
 * Cultivated variates can have pachycaul stems and a stout, and a swollen basal caudex, while mature wild plants do not have a distinct caudex.
 * Area of distribution stretches from southeastern Zambia, across Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, to Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the northern areas of KwaZulu-Natal, and also in Swaziland.
 * Does not flower until 4 to 5 years old usually, unlike Adenium obesum which can flower in 8 to 12 months.
 * They have large tuberous roots which store water.
 * Wild Adenium multiflorum will loose all its leaves when flowering.
 * Is susceptible to root rot, if water logged for too long.
 * They have an obligatory dormancy during winter.
 * They shed their leaves in the fall.
 * pot needs to be able to drain well to prevent root rot for chronic water logged soil.

Adenium obesum


 * A type of cardiac glycoside showed reduction of influenza viru, and may have antiviral properties
 * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711311002650
 * http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?ac=qbe_query&bu=http://database.prota.org/search.htm&tn=protab~1&qb0=and&qf0=Species+Code&qi0=Adenium+obesum&rf=Webdisplay