Adenium swazicum

The summer-flowering impala lily: a low, semi-succulent shrub with a swollen underground caudex from the hot lowveld of Eswatini, Mpumalanga and southern Mozambique. It wants hot, bright, summer-wet growth and a dry winter rest, and it handles cool spells better than Adenium obesum.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Low-altitude lowveld grassland and savanna, often among grass and bush on well-drained soils.

Lowveld, roughly 100–600 m; the single climate site is at 50 m.

EswatiniMpumalangaMozambique

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.