About Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br.
Pachypodium saundersii, commonly known as the kudu lily, is a succulent plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It was named to honor Sir Charles James Renault Saunders (1857–1931), a civil servant and amateur plant collector from Natal Province. This species is native to Southern Africa, where it grows naturally in the Lebombo Mountains, as well as in other areas of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). It typically grows as a small, compact shrubby bush, but can reach up to 1.5 meters in maximum height. The entire plant is covered with paired sharp thorns and dark green, shiny leaves. It flowers every year, producing large quantities of white flowers that bear a pinkish or purplish tinge.
