Author: | Henri
Ernest Baillon, 1876 |
Family: |
BOMBACACEAE* |
Origin: |
North-West - North Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
5
Meters |
Height: |
10-30
Meters |
Flower:
|
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Baobab, Monkey Bread
Tree |
Synonyms: |
Baobabus madagascariensis,
Kuntze, 1897.
Adansonia bernieri Baillon ex Poisson, 1912. |
This member of the Bombacaceae* family was given this name by
Henri
Ernest Baillon in
1876. It is found on the north-west to north of Madagascar, growing on the hill-sides
in dry deciduous forests in
a well-drained soil. Takes plenty of water and sun. The flowers which occurring
in March to April, are dark
red and quite big: ten centimetres. The stem can get five meters wide and 20
meters high. It can only be reproduced by seeds.
The genera is named after the French naturalist Michel Adanson,1727-1806.
The species name mean 'from
Madagascar'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Bombacaceae
is
now part of the Malvaceae.
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