Adenium
obesum
(Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
WEED
This introduced shrub
is commonly known as
desert rose.
Adenium obesum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Apocynaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Observed at one location in a reserve at Point Vernon. A likely garden escape. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68605511
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Point Vernon.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
