SOCOTRA PLANT: THE DESERT ROSE (ADENIUM OBESUM)

A succulent, the desert rose (Adenium socotranum) has a thickened short perennial stem. It uses cell sap cycling within the caudex (thickened stem) to prevent overheating as a specific adaptation to the arid climatic conditions on Socotra. Adenium Socotranum, is by far the largest member of the genus, reaching a height of 15 feet (4.6 m) with a cylindrical trunk up to 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter at the base. It rarely leaves out before mid-summer and its flowers are larger than those of the other types. Adenium Socotranum produces stem growth for only a few weeks. Adenium is a very beautiful plant. The medicinal benefits are, as a bonsai plant, treating wounds, treating the soles of the feet, taking care of skin beauty, relieving pain, treating toothache, treating ulcers.

ADENIUM SOCOTRANUM, THE NATIVE TRADITIONAL THERAPEUTIC

A succulent, the desert rose (Adenium socotranum). This has a thickened short perennial stem. It uses cell sap cycling within the caudex (thickened stem) to prevent overheating as a specific adaptation to the arid climatic conditions on Socotra.
Aim of the study: Socotra Bio Inc. & SNP Bioscience Bv. worked together in Holland at this point in time, we have already covered earlier stages, like development costs, extensive pre- clinical stages, proof of concept, and Phase I clinical trials with groups of patients. Safe and effective product information is developed. Production experience has been acquired on a small scale. In our rapidly-developing field of therapeutics, the knowledge base is both complex and expanding and the sources of expertise are widely dispersed. SNP Bioscience Bv., possesses German and Dutch expertise’s in R&D and product development, but lacks marketing and financial capabilities to promote our innovations. Its to big!
We have done study and the native traditional therapeutic knowledge focusing on the medicinal plants which are endemic to Socotra Island Trees and Plants, Morocco Plants and Trees, Germany Flowers, Romania Flowers (2) Identification of the important endemic plants treating diseases by quantitative analysis of the collected data.

THE DESERT ROSE (ADENIUM SOCOTRANUM) FLOWERS

Flowers: The plants flower in late spring, with blossoms pale to medium pink with pink or yellow throats. Some specimens in the wild have deep pink to nearly red flowers. Flowers are 10-13 cm in diameter. Very rarely seen flowered in collection. Leaves: About 12 cm long, usually widest near the tip, dark green with a white midrib and light major veins. They are glabrous in dense terminal rosettes.
Habitat and ecology: A. socotranum, is the characteristic plant of rocky slopes, forming extensive patches of succulent shrubland in favourable locations. It grows among stones in grit or on other well drained soil. It displays several morphological and physiological adaptations to cope with the dry climate and fierce monsoonal winds.

ADENIUM SOCOTRANUM WELL ADAPTED TO THE ARID CLIMATE

The Desert Rose (Adenium Socotranum) has a special cell sap cycling within the caudex which prevents overheating. Plant bodies are globular or columnar, with reduced surface areas that decrease transpiration. Glaucous wax surfaces and micro-anatomical epidermal emergences reflect radiation.
The cycles of flowering and growth of The Desert Rose (Adenium Socotranum) are well adapted to the arid climate, in that it blooms after the rainy season in March-April and only when they are well past flowering do the fruits release their air-borne seeds, leaving them to be dispersed by the heavy monsoon storms. Then the dry season begins with (perhaps) a million adenium seedlings waiting for the next rainy season.