Adansonia madagascariensis

Adansonia madagascariensis
	Adansonia madagascariensis; near Mahajanga
Systematics
Order :	Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family :	Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Subfamily :	Woolly trees (Bombacoideae)
Genre :	Baobabs ( Adansonia )
Section :	Longitubae
Type :	Adansonia madagascariensis
Scientific name
	Adansonia madagascariensis
	Baill.

Adansonia madagascariensis is a species of baobab trees ( Adansonia ) in the mallow family (Malvaceae). It is similar to Adansonia digitata , but has upright, pink- red flowers .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Adansonia madagascariensis are small to large, massive, 5 to 25 meters high deciduous trees with pale gray smooth bark . Adult leaves are palmately divided with 5 to 7 partial leaves and sit on 6 to 7 centimeter long petioles . The bald leaf blade is obovate-spatulate, 9 to 10 centimeters long and 3 to 4 centimeters wide. The leaf margin is entire.

Inflorescences and flowers

The individual flowers are upright. Your ribbon-shaped sepals are 18 inches long and 1 to 1.7 inches wide. The pink-red, ribbon-shaped corolla is 13 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The numerous stamens are fused to form a tube up to 9 centimeters long with 5 to 11 centimeters long free tips.

The flowering period extends from February to April.

fruit

The fruits , which ripen in November, are spherical to ovoid and contain kidney-shaped, laterally flattened seeds .

Systematics, number of chromosomes and distribution

Adansonia madagascariensis is endemic to the northwest of Madagascar from Antsiranana to the Sambirano area . It grows in dry or moist deciduous forests on limestone , sandstone and gneiss .

The first description was made in 1876 by Henri Ernest Baillon .

The chromosome number is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 88}$

Synonyms for the species are Baobabus madagascariensis (Baill.) Kuntze and Adansonia bernieri Baill. ex H. Poisson .

use

The swollen roots of young seedlings are edible and used as a vegetable. The hard, dry fruits are not very tasty and are rarely used as food.

Danger

Adansonia madagascariensis is classified as " Near Threatened (NT) " in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

proof

literature

David A. Baum: The Comparative Pollination and Floral Biology of Baobabs (Adansonia- Bombacaceae) . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 82, No. 2, 1995, pp. 322-348
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

↑ Adansonia . Volume 11, 1876, p. 251
^ World Conservation Monitoring Center 1998. Adansonia madagascariensis . In: 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2007, accessed May 18, 2008.

Web links

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Entry in Bihrmann's Caudiciforms

[1] Adansonia . Volume 11, 1876, p. 251

[2] World Conservation Monitoring Center 1998. Adansonia madagascariensis . In: 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2007, accessed May 18, 2008.