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Family : Bombacaceae |
Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 1190 (1753); Syst. Nat., ed. 10 2: 1144 (1759)  |
Information on the genus : Adansonia |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Adansonia situla (Lour.) Spreng. (1826) |
Ophelus sitularius Lour. (1790) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=*Adansonia somalensis Chiov. (1932) |
=Adansonia sphaerocarpa A. Chev. |
=Adansonia sulcata A. Chev. (1906) |
=Adansonia digitata var. congolensis A. Chev. (1906) |
=Adansonia kilima Pettigrew & al. (2012) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Deciduous tree to 20(-27) m, with stout trunk, tapering or cylindrical and abruptly bottle-shaped, or short and squat, to 10-(-17,7?) m ? |
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see more in the book |
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Ecology : |
(The Guinness Book of Records 1991, but doubtful) and by 21-27,4-34 (but with 4 stems) -39,6? m perimeter. – The largest trees are not necessarily the oldest; genetic differences between trees, location and access to water are important. |
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Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Tree- Ht 3 - 18 m. Alt: 100 - 1060 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, LP |
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Biol./Eco : |
Tree; Dry; Anthropic; 0-499 m; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa Bombacaeae: 1-4
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:278 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 246 (1937).
- Kew Bull. 37: 174-202 (1982)
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 52-53 (1985).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 82 (1986).
- Fl. Pl. Africa 50: t.1967 (1988).
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 45 (1997).
Bibliography other :
- Syst. Nat., ed. 10 2: 1144 (1759).

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see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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