5023.000 Adansonia
Baum, D.A. (1995) A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3) 440-471
Robyns, A. (1963) Bombacaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 191-204
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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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| digitata L. | Description, Image |
| fony Baill. var. rubrostipa (Jum. & H. Perrier) H. Perrier | |
| grandidieri Baill. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AdansoniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Adansonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Adansonia
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