Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1886 |
Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
Origin: |
Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
30-200
Centimetres |
Height: |
90
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Pachypodium brevicalyx, Pichon, 1949. |
This member of the Apocynaceae
family was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1886. It
is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The stem will grow up from 30 to 200 centimetres in
diameter and reach a height of 90 centimetres. The flowers are
yellow. The genera name
from Greek; pachys; 'thick' and Greek podion; 'small
foot' for the thick caudiciform trunk, formed by some species. The
species name means 'densely flowered'. Not the ones I have seen.... |