5023.000 Adansonia L.

Baum, D.A. (1995) A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3) 440-471

Wild, H. (1961) Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)

Description of the genus

Deciduous trees with soft fibrous wood. Trunks massive, unarmed, cylindric, tapering from the base or bottle-shaped. Leaves digitate; leaflets (1-)3-11. Flowers axillary and solitary, large. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Petals 5, free. Stamens many, the filaments united into a tube in their lower part. Ovary 5-10-locular, with numerous ovules; stigma 5-10-lobed. Fruit woody, indehiscent, with many seeds embedded in a floury pulp. Seeds reniform.

Derivation of name: after Michel Adanson (1727-1806), a French botanist who travelled extensively in Africa.

Worldwide: 8 species; 1 in Africa; 6 in Madagascar and 1 in NW Australia.

Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
digitata L.	Description, Image
fony Baill. var. rubrostipa (Jum. & H. Perrier) H. Perrier
grandidieri Baill.

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Flora of Botswana: Adansonia
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Adansonia
Flora of Zambia: Adansonia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Adansonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Adansonia

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Wikipedia: Adansonia