Author: | René Paul
Raymond Capuron, 1960 |
Family: |
BOMBACACEAE* |
Origin: |
Northern
Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
3 Metres |
Height: |
30 Metres |
Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow - Pale Orange |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Perrier's
Baobab |
Synonyms: |
- |
This rare member of the
Bombacaceae* family was
given this name by René Paul Raymond Capuron in 1960. It is found in
northern Madagascar, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The trunk can grow to
three metres in diameter and the whole plant can reach 25 or even 30
metres in height. The pale yellow to pale orange flowers can be
seen in November to December while the leaves remains to the end of
the wet season; December.
The genera is named after the French naturalist Michel Adanson,1727-1806.
The species name after the French botanist Joseph
Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958).
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Bombacaceae
is
now part of the Malvaceae.
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