Adansonia suarezensis

Adansonia suarezensis
	Adansonia suarezensis near Montagne des Francais, northern Madagascar
Systematics
Order :	Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family :	Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Subfamily :	Woolly trees (Bombacoideae)
Genre :	Baobabs ( Adansonia )
Section :	Brevitubae
Type :	Adansonia suarezensis
Scientific name
	Adansonia suarezensis
	H.Perrier

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

description

Vegetative characteristics

Adansonia suarezensis are large, massive, up to 25 meters high deciduous trees with gray-brown smooth bark , the trunks of which are up to 2 meters in diameter. Fully grown leaves are palmately divided with 7 to 9 partial leaves and sit on petioles up to 16 centimeters long . The bald leaf blade is oblong, 10.5 to 15.5 inches long and 3 to 6 inches wide. The leaf margin is entire.

Inflorescences and flowers

The individual flowers are upright. Their sepals are 7 inches long and 2 inches wide. The red, narrow obovate corolla is 7 to 8 inches long and 2 inches wide. The numerous stamens are fused into a 0.7 to 1.2 centimeter long tube with 6 to 7 centimeter long free tips.

The flowering period extends from late May to early July.

fruit

The elongated fruits , which ripen in November, are 20 to 25 centimeters long and up to 10 centimeters wide. They contain kidney-shaped, hardly laterally flattened seeds .

Systematics, number of chromosomes and distribution

Adansonia suarezensis is endemic to the extreme north of Madagascar .

The first description was made in 1890 by Henry Perrier de la Bâthie .

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

use

The fruits and seeds are eaten. An infusion made from the bark is said to help against diabetes .

Danger

Adansonia suarezensis is classified as " Endangered (EN) " 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. 50. ISBN 3-8001-3915-4

Individual evidence

↑ Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Muséum de Paris. Phanérogramie . Volume 14, pp. 300-304, Paris 1952
^ World Conservation Monitoring Center 1998. Adansonia suarezensis . In: 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2007, accessed May 19, 2008.

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[1] Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Muséum de Paris. Phanérogramie . Volume 14, pp. 300-304, Paris 1952

[2] World Conservation Monitoring Center 1998. Adansonia suarezensis . In: 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2007, accessed May 19, 2008.