ADANSONIA RUBROSTIPA
Author:
H.L. Jumelle & J.M de la Bâthie, 1909
Family:
BOMBACACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Jum. & Perrier. (1910). In: Les Matieres Grasses, 25 Jan. (1909), Et in Ann. Col. Mus. Marseille, Ser. II. 8: 44, 287, 442.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Meters
Height:
5-25 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Adansonia fony, Baillion, 1890.
Adansonia fony var. rubrostipa, H.Perrier
This member of the Bombacaceae* family was given this name by Henri Lucien Jumelle and Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie 1909. It is found on the west coast of Madagascar from Itampolo in the southwest to Soalala in the northwest, in the dry deciduous forests on sand or limestone. The stem will grow up to two metres in diameter, the hole plant will be from five to twenty-five metres high. Information supplied by Edward Fletcher. The genera is n amed after the French naturalist Michel Adanson,1727-1806.
The species name means 'red grass' which actually describe the flower well. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Bombacaceae is now part of the Malvaceae. Note the serrated leaf edges. Flower photo by: Ferdinand Poilodan
Flower
Dark Red
Soil
Sand - Limestone
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
