Pachypodium is a genus of succulent spine-bearing trees and shrubs, native to Africa. The name of the genus comes from Greek words "pachus", meaning "thick" and "podion", meaning "foot'.
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Pachypodium bispinosum is a succulent shrublet with a large, tuberous stem up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall and up to 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, which is…
Pachypodium lamerei f. cristata (Crested Madagascar Palm) is a semi-deciduous, succulent-stemmed tree, up to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, with a…
Pachypodium lealii (Bottle Tree) is a shrub or small tree, up to 20 feet (6 m) tall, with thick bottle-shaped trunk, which is almost branchless until the…
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. gracilius (Elephant's Foot Plant) is a beautiful, caudiciform plant up to 3 feet (90 cm) tall. It is smaller…
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) is a shrubby, perennial, caudiciform plant with a bottle-shaped trunk, brownish-silver and…
Pachypodium horombense (Horombe Clubfoot) is a succulent shrub or dwarf tree up to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. The plump, bottle-shaped base is…
Pachypodium brevicaule is the smallest and probably the strangest species in the genus. The specific epithet "brevicaule" derives from the…
Pachypodium succulentum is a succulent shrublet with a large tuberous stem, up to 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter and up to 2 feet (60 cm)…
Pachypodium rutenbergianum (Madagascar Palm) is a small caudiciform tree with branches that are clothed with oblong-lanceolate leaves. It…
Pachypodium namaquanum (Elephant's Trunk) is a usually single-stemmed succulent that slowly grows up to 8.2 feet (2.5 m) tall. Stems are…