Author: | J.M.H.A. Perrier de la Bāthie,
1934 |
Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
Origin: |
Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
10-50 Centimetres |
Height: |
2-8 Metres |
Flower:
|
White - Pale
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Pachypodium rutenbergianum var. perrieri Poiss.
1924.
Pachypodium rutenbergianum var. sofiense Poiss.
1924. |
This member of the Apocynaceae
family was
given this name by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bāthie in 1934. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem can grow
from ten to 50 centimetres in diameter, and the plant can reach a
height from two to eight metres. The flowers are white to pale
yellow.
The genera name from Greek;
pachys; 'thick' and Greek podion; 'small foot' for the
thick caudiciform trunk, formed by some species. The species is
named after a Sofia, the river in the north-western Madagascar. |