The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Sesamothamnus rivae is a species of flowering plant in the family Pedaliaceae. It is a caudiciform shrub or small tree native to eastern Africa, where it is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. The plant is known for its swollen, water-storing trunk (pachycaul) and is adapted to seasonally dry tropical biomes.
The species is native to eastern Africa, with a range extending from Ethiopia southward to northern Tanzania. Its confirmed distribution includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. The plant grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes, including arid woodlands and savannas.
The plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant by succulent enthusiasts due to its distinctive caudiciform growth form.
Sesamothamnus leistneranus · Transvaal sesame-bush · Sesamothamnus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesamothamnus rivae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
