Pachypodium lamerei rudzi rwechirimwa chinotumbuka mumhuri yeApocynaceae.
Pachypodium lamerei ine hunde refu, sirivheri-grey yakafukidzwa nemizongoza yakapinza 6.25 cm.Mashizha marefu, matete anomera pamusoro pehunde chete, semuchindwe.Kashoma mapazi.Zvirimwa zvinokura kunze zvinosvika pa 6 m (20 ft), asi kana zvakurira mumba zvinononoka kusvika 1.2-1.8 m (3.9-5.9 ft) kureba.
Zvirimwa zvinokura kunze zvinokura maruva makuru, machena, anonhuwira pamusoro pechirimwa.Kashoma kuita maruva mumba.Madzinde ePachypodium lamerei akafukidzwa nemizongoza yakapinza, yakareba masendimita mashanu uye akaiswa muzvikamu zvitatu, ayo anobuda anenge pamakona chaiwo.Mitsipa inoita mabasa maviri, kudzivirira chirimwa kubva kune vanofura uye kubatsira nekutora mvura.Pachypodium lamerei inokura pakakwirira kusvika pamamita 1,200, apo mhute yemugungwa inobva kuIndian Ocean inomonerera pamizongoza yodonha pamidzi iri pamusoro pevhu.