Adansonia is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs (/ ˈ b aʊ b æ b / or / ˈ b eɪ oʊ b æ b /) or adansonias. They are placed in the family Malvaceae , subfamily Bombacoideae .

2025年3月6日 · baobab, (genus Adansonia), genus of nine species of deciduous trees of the hibiscus, or mallow, family .

Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman).

Adansonia grandidieri is the biggest and most famous of Madagascar's six species of baobabs. It is sometimes known as Grandidier's baobab or the giant baobab. In French it is called Baobab malgache. The local name is renala or reniala (from Malagasy: reny ala, meaning "mother of …

2015年4月21日 · 1. There are eight species of the baobab tree (genus Adansonia) – six from Madagascar and one each from mainland Africa and Australia. 2. The baobab’s biggest enemies are drought, waterlogging, lightning, elephants and black fungus. 3. Baobabs are deciduous, and their bat-pollinated flowers bloom at night. 4.

Adansonia (the baobabs) is a small genus within Malvaceae, containing only eight extant species. Six of these species are native to Madagascar, with one species each in sub-Saharan Africa and Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it …

The baobab tree (Adansonia) known also as the tree of life is a magnificent giant tree belonging to the Bombacaceae family. This wonderful tree has unusual barrel-like trunks and has also extraordinary longevity and ethnobotanical importance.

Characteristics: Adansonia za is a deciduous tree with a sparse, apically branching crown that remains leaf-less for 9 months every year. The wide, cylindrical trunk is impressive, reaching up to 98 feet tall and 20 feet wide, often swelling or tapering to the top, with gray bark.

…ground) are held by the baobab (Adansonia digitata) of Africa and the Mexican swamp cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). The baobab attains a maximum height of about 23 metres (75 feet); its barrel-shaped trunk attains a diameter of more than 5 metres (16 feet), but a …

2021年1月23日 · The genus Adansonia, commonly referred to as the baobab tree, is divided into nine species, which are found only in Madagascar, Africa, Australia, and the Arabian Peninsula. Six of the nine species of baobab are native to Madagascar.