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Pachypodium bispinosum is a caudiciform succulent sub-shrub from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, grown for its swollen, partly buried stem, spiny branches and purple to pink flowers. It needs very bright light, a fast-draining mix and dry conditions, with rot being the main risk.
Pachypodium bispinosum is a succulent sub-shrub in the family Apocynaceae.
The species is almost entirely confined to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In its native range, it can be found in stony places, growing amongst the dry succulent scrub. When not in flower, it is indistinguishable from Pachypodium succulentum, a species with which it overlaps in its natural range.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pachypodium bispinosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
