ADANSONIA GRANDIDIERI

This member of the Bombacaceae family was given this name by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1893. It is found in south-western and southern Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow from three to five metres in diameter, and reach a height of 25 metres. The flowers occurs in the dry season: May to August, are white, fating into pale yellow. The genera is n amed after the French naturalist Michel Adanson,1727-1806. The species is named after the French botanist Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921).