Caudex Plant Encyclopedia

A Passiflora-family caudex with a large green caudex and tri-lobed leaves with climbing stems.

An Adenia with a massive spherical caudex and thorny branches, very wild appearance.

A rare Namibian Adenia with massive gray-green caudex exposed above ground.

The 'Desert Rose' from Africa and Arabia. Plump caudex with showy pink/red flowers. Ideal caudex starter — develops thick caudex relatively quickly from seed. Extensive Thai breeding programs.

An Adenium with wide spreading caudex, more caudex-focused than obesum, popular with collectors.

From South Africa, blooming many red-white flowers in winter, called Impala Lily.

Called Desert Rose, with vibrant pink flowers and distinctive swollen trunk.

From Socotra Island, growing into massive bottle trees several meters wide in habitat.

Thai-bred Socotranum-type Adenium with thick round caudex and diverse flower colors.

Known as Ponytail Palm, with a swollen trunk base and cascading leaves.

An African bulbous caudex with beautiful fan-shaped wavy leaves and impressive flower heads.

A frankincense relative caudex plant with white bark and unique branching, increasingly popular.

A Mexican aromatic caudex with peeling bark and fragrant resin.

Called Elephant Tree, a Mexican caudex with thick white trunk and tiny leaves.

A Mexican spherical caudex with cork-like large tuber producing fine grass-like leaves.

An East African cucurbit caudex with impressive large gray-white tuber, relatively fast growing.

A grape-family caudex with large potato-like tuber producing vines, hardy and fast-growing.

A myrrh-related caudex plant with peeling bark and distinctive trunk from Africa.

A cucurbit caudex with attractive gnarly gray tuber producing small red fruits.

A large caudex plant from South Africa in the grape family, with thick trunk and large leaves, also known as Wild Grape.

A grape-family caudex with peeling yellow bark and large leaves from Namibia.

A Madagascar grape-family caudex with silver trunk and large leaves, very impressive.

Known as Tortoise Plant, with turtle shell-like caudex producing winter vines.

Called Mexican Tortoise Plant with rounder caudex, summer-growing unlike the African species.

A small caudex that self-pollinates and shoots seeds, easy to grow from seed for beginners.

From Socotra Island, growing into a massive bottle tree form, an ultimate rare species.

A small caudex Euphorbia from Madagascar with a plump caudex and small leaves.

An endemic Madagascar species from Bongolava with flat caudex and thin branches.

A rare Euphorbia from southern Madagascar with wavy leaves and flat caudex.

A small Euphorbia with cylindrical leaves and caudex, endemic to Madagascar.

A Madagascar Euphorbia popular for beautifully patterned leaves and caudex, many leaf variations.

A Madagascar Euphorbia with zebra-patterned trunk, rare and highly popular.

A Madagascar Euphorbia with white trunk and small round leaves, bonsai-like appearance.

A Madagascar Euphorbia with primrose-like leaves and flat caudex.

A Madagascar Euphorbia with star-shaped radiating branches from a flat caudex.

Known as Martian Plant in Japan, with a potato-like caudex producing climbing vines.

The Boojum Tree, iconic caudex tree of Baja California with tall conical trunk.

A rare Fouquieria from Mexico with thick trunk and red flowers.

A cucurbit with large spherical green caudex producing vines, fast-growing and impressive.

A Mexican cucurbit caudex with large green tuber producing vines, hardy for beginners.

Known as Gout Plant, with red flowers and a plump trunk from Central-South America.

A cucurbit-family caudex with gnarly gray caudex producing vines, hardy and easy.

A cucurbit caudex with white bark-like tuber producing vines and red fruits.

A Geraniaceae caudex with thick trunk and finely divided leaves, winter-growing.

A caudex plant with bonsai-like form, beautiful balance of small leaves and thick trunk.

The pinnacle of caudex collecting from Madagascar. Bonsai-like intricate branching and massive caudex. Wild specimens trade for thousands of dollars. Root initiation is extremely challenging.

An Asteraceae caudex with club-shaped succulent leaves and yellow flowers, winter-growing.

An Asteraceae caudex with fine branches creating bonsai-like atmosphere, a classic winter type.

Called Elephant Tree from Baja California, with white trunk and pink flowers.

A rare Pachypodium from NW Madagascar with white flowers and thick trunk, difficult to grow.

A rare Pachypodium with red flowers, the only red-flowered species in the genus.

A South African Pachypodium with pink bell-shaped flowers and large underground caudex.

Known as Ebisu-warai in Japan, with a flat caudex shape and yellow flowers.

Similar to Gracilius but with yellow flowers, relatively available.

Called Shiba Queen's Comb in Japanese, with dense yellow flowers and stocky caudex.

A rare Pachypodium with white flowers, elegant ivory-colored trunk and large white blooms.

The quintessential caudex plant from Madagascar. Round caudex body with yellow flowers. Wild-collected specimens with unique forms command high prices. Seed-growing is also very popular.

A Pachypodium with thick caudex producing multiple branches, yellow flowers and silver trunk.

From Makay Mountains, Madagascar, forming flatter, wider caudex than Gracilius.

Known for bending toward the sun, a unique rare species listed in CITES Appendix I.

A Pachypodium with vase-shaped caudex and rosette leaves, relatively easy to grow.

A hardy South African Pachypodium with pink flowers and large underground caudex.

A Pelargonium with branching tuber and fine leaves creating bonsai-like appearance, winter-growing.

A tuberous Pelargonium with sweet night fragrance, gnarly tuber and carrot-like leaves.

A sesame-family caudex with beautiful pink-purple flowers and compact form.

An East African caudex plant with flat tuber and climbing vines, popular for its unique form.

A South African milkweed-family caudex with gray round tuber producing vines, hardy for beginners.

Called Bushman's Candle, a Geraniaceae caudex with waxy trunk.

A large sesame-family caudex tree with thick trunk and green bark, popular non-Madagascar species.

Known as Brazilian Edelweiss with silver-haired leaves and orange flowers.

A caudex plant with a round tuber producing a single stem with round leaves, viral on social media.

A small mesemb caudex with bonsai-like form and cute pink flowers, easy from seed.

Called Butter Tree, with thick yellowish trunk and red flowers from South Africa.

A sesame-family caudex from Madagascar with yellow flowers, broad leaves and unique seeds.

A caudex plant from Madagascar with large yellow flowers and characteristic sticky fruits.

Called Silver Dollar Plant, with round succulent coin-like leaves on a cucurbit vine caudex.