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Pachypodium brevicaule is a caudiciform succulent from central Madagascar, grown for its swollen, bottle-like trunk with a few spiny branches. It needs bright sun, very well-drained soil and dry conditions, watering only when the soil is fully dry.
Pachypodium brevicaule is a species of plant that belongs to the family Apocynaceae.
This plant is native to Madagascar, from the south of Antananarivo to the Itremo Mountains.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pachypodium brevicaule 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.
