Adansonia gregorii
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Adansonia gregorii is a species of baobab trees ( Adansonia ) in the mallow family (Malvaceae). It is similar to Adansonia digitata , but is much smaller and has upright flowers .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Adansonia gregorii are small 6 meter (rarely up to 12 meters) high deciduous trees with smooth bark , the trunk of which has a large, swollen base. Fully grown leaves are palmately divided with 5 to 7 (rarely 9) partial leaves and sit on petioles up to 9 centimeters long . The bald leaf blade is elliptical, 6 to 12.5 inches long and 2.5 to 5 inches wide. The leaf margin is entire.
Inflorescences and flowers
The individual flowers are upright. Your ribbon-shaped obovate sepals are 10 to 12 inches long and 1 to 1.2 inches wide. The narrow, obovate corolla is white and 13.5 to 15 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The numerous stamens are fused into a 2 centimeter long tube with 4.5 to 5 centimeter long tips. The stylus is longer than the stamens.
fruit
The brownish-black fruits are spherical to ovoid.
Systematics, number of chromosomes and distribution
Adansonia gregorii is endemic to Australia and named after Augustus Charles Gregory (1819–1905). The first description was made in 1857 by Ferdinand von Mueller , who had accompanied Gregory's expedition team in 1855/56.
The chromosome number is .
A synonym is Baobabus gregorii Kuntze . David A. Baum named the species Adansonia gibbosa in 1995 .
use
In 2001, in Kununurra , Australia , Peter Fox and Denise Hales founded the first breeding facility for the utilization of young plants of Adansonia gregorii . Young plants are raised from seedlings within 16 weeks. The carrot-like tuber, about 30 centimeters long, and the leaves are edible. Both can be used in many ways, e.g. B. as part of salads or curries .
The roots are rich in potassium , have a medium starch and sugar content and a relatively high protein content .
proof
literature
- David A. Baum: A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae) . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 82, No. 3, 1995, pp. 440-471
- CC Walker: Adansonia . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon Volume 2 Dicotyledonous plants (dicotyledons) with the exception of Aizoaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae and Crassulaceae . Eugen Ulmer Verlag: Stuttgart 2002, p. 49. ISBN 3-8001-3915-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hooker's Journal of Botany & Kew Garden Miscellany . Volume 9, 1857
- ↑ Yearbook of the West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association: Quandong . Volume 33, Number 2, 2007, p. 12.
- ↑ PR Johnson, C. Robinson, E. Green: The prospect of commercializing boab roots as a vegetable . Rural Industries and Development Corporation, Barton, ACT 2002 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ).
Web links
- Entry at Bihrmann's Caudiciforms (English)