Descriptions ³

Small to large tree, up to 20 m tall, major branches most often horizontal becoming erect distally, bark ussually reddish brown and exfoliating. Leaves 5 foliolate, rarely 3, margin leaflet distincly serrate. Flowers emerging when inr leaf, with petals bright yellow to orange-yellow. Fruits globose, pericarp dense reddish brown.
Phenology: flowering in February to April, ripe fruit in October-November.

Ecology ³

The species extends along the west coast from near Itampolo in the south-west to Soalala in the north-west.

Similar species ⁴

Syn.
Adansonia fony Baill. ; Adansonia fony var. rubrostipa (Jum. & H. Perrier) H. Perrier.

Reference ⁴

• 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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