Image Source: FlickrPachypodium namaquanumis a sought-after popular succulent of the Apocynaceae family. It is a large succulent from Northern Cape and southern Namibia.
- The elephant trunk has a treelike appearance when it is fully grown.
- The stems are cylindrical and primarily unbranched. It can grow between 1.5 and 2.5 meters tall. They are covered with warty tubercles with protruding spines.
- The leaves of the Elephant Trunks are simple, obovate to oblong, and borne in rosettes. The elephant trunks’ leaf margins are entire and very wavy.
- The flowers of the Elephant Trunks are tubular. They are red on the inside portion and yellow-green on the outer part.
- The fruits of the Elephant Trunks are horn-like and covered with dense grey hairs.
