Pachycaul
Pachycauls are plants with a disproportionately thick trunk for their height, and few branches. The word is derived from the Greek pachy- meaning thick or stout, and Latin caulis meaning the stem.
Examples occur in the genera
- Pachycormus
- Adenium
- Pachypodium
- Dendrosenecio
- Bursera
- Cyanea
- Lobelia
- Dendrosicyos
- Givotia
- Delonix
- Fouquieria
- Adansonia
- Bombax
- Brachychiton
- Cavanillesia
- Ceiba
- Dorstenia
- Cyphostemma.