| Author: | Jonas M.
Lüthy, 2005 |
| Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
| Origin: |
Toliara;
Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
35
Centimetres |
| Height: |
6 Metres |
| Flower:
|
White / Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Pachypodium geayi var. mikea ? |
This member of the Apocynaceae
family was
given this name by Jonas M. Lüthy in 2005. It is found near Toliara
on Madagascar, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The swollen stem
can grow to 35 centimetres or more in diameter, and reach a height of
six
metres. The large flowers are white with a yellow throat.
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 the Mikea people, a group
of Malagasy-speaking horticulturalists and foragers who are often
described as the lowland hunter-gatherers of Madagascar.
IPNI has Pachypodium as members of the Brassicaceae family. | 
