Dorstenia Gigas. Dorstenia Dorstenia gigas , individual at an rock wall, Yemen, Socotra. This near-threatened bottle tree responds to precise growing conditions.
Socotran Fig Trees, common fig's distant, wild relatives, grow wild only on Socotra in the Indian Ocean. Aside from their appearance, Dorstenia also exhibit an interesting distribution. Dorstenia gigas f. bullata Photo by: © Plantemania.
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Dorstenia gigas is the plant the first piqued my interest in the Islands of Socotra.
This near-threatened bottle tree responds to precise growing conditions. They are found in both the Old and New World tropics. It is a caudiciform plant, the branched stem has bladed leaves.