Descriptions ²

Tree up to 30 m tall, primary branches usuually ascending and tapering, bark grey and rough. Leaves 5 - 8 foliolate, margin leaflet entire. Flowers emerging simultaneously or soon after leaves, with petals yellow, sometimes with a diffuse reddish median streak on the adaxial surface. Fruits ussually oblong, pericarp ussually blackish.
Phenology: flowering in November to February, ripe fruit from the end of dry season.

Ecology ²

From Andohahela and the Mandrare River in the south-west through southern and western Madagascar to the Boina region and the Sambirano River basin. It is less abundant and restricted to riverine areas in the north-west.

Similar species ²

Syn.
Adansonia alba Jum. & H. Perrier ; Adansonia bozy Jum. & H. Perrier ; Adansonia za var. boinensis H. Perrier ; Adansonia za var. bozy H. Perrier.

Reference ²

• Madagascar Catalogue, 2013. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A. & Antananarivo, Madagascar [http://www.efloras.org/madagascar].
• D. A. Baum. 1995. A systematic revision of Adansonia (bombacaceae). ANN. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82: 440-470.

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