MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
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Adansonia digitata L.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Trop. Africa
- Habitat:
- Description: One of the largest trees in the world, thought to become more than 2000 years old, and while only to 18 m tall, the swollen trunk attains a diameter of more than 10m, is of pulpous wood without growth rings. Leaves deciduous, digitately compound with leaflets 12 cm long; large 18cm solitary, scented, pendulous white flowers with purplish stamens; oblong, woody, hairy fruit 30cm long, which also earns it the name 'Dead rat tree'. Tropical climate.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 199200321
- Source: Phillips
- Accession Date: 07-13-1992
- Bench: 1307 - Caudiciforms
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-06-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
- SubTribe:
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