Adansonia grandidieri Baill.
Adansonia gregori F. Mueller
Adansonia madagascarensis Baill.
Adansonia perrieri Capuron.
Adansonia rubrostipa Jumelle & Perrier.
Adansonia suarezensis H. Perrier
Adansonia za Baill.
Baobá 
Baobab 
Bao báp Adansonia digitata L.
Adansonia
grandidieri Baill.
Adansonia
gregori F. Mueller
Adansonia madagascarensis Baill.
Adansonia
perrieri Capuron.
Adansonia
rubrostipa Jumelle & Perrier.
Adansonia suarezensis H. Perrier
Adansonia za
Baill.
Baobab
Baobá Apbrödsträd
Baobab Bao báp
Баобаб (baobab)
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The Baobabs, genus Adansonia, are a genus of 8 large trees. 6 species are endemic to Madagascar, 1 to north west Australia, and the eighth is widely distributed in Africa, and naturalised or planted in many other places in the tropics.
They are deciduous, shedding their leaves in the dry season, and often have large swollen trunks. The leaves are 3-11 digitate. The large flowers are borne in the leaf axils, usually solitarily. They possess a deeply 5-lobed calyx, whitish to yellow or red petals, and a staminal tube with long free filaments. The ovary is 5-10 locular, with many ovules. The fruits are woody or subwoody, many-seeded, indehiscent, globose to oblong in shape, and tomentose. The reniform seeds are enclosed in a chalky or spongy pulp. [1]
The genus belongs to tribe Adansonieae of subfamily Bombacoideae of the angiosperm family Malvaceae.
Adansonia digitata L. African Baobab, Bottle Tree, Cream-tartar Tree, Ethiopian sour bread, Fony, sour gourd Baobab of Mahajanga
Dead Rat Tree, Monkey Bread Tree Baobab africain, Baobab de Mozambique, Calebassier du Sénégal, Pain de singe
Mapou africain, Mapou Zombi Baobá Africano Albero bottiglia, Baobab africano
Affenbrotbaum, Afrikanischer Baobab
Apenbroodboom, Kremetartboom
Afrikaanse Kremetart , Apebroodboom, Kremetart Abebrødstræ, Baobab
Baobab, harilik ahvileivapuu
baobab właściwy, Baobab afrykański
baobab prstnatý baobabas, Tikrasis baobabas
Afrika Baobabo Afrika baobab
hamar Bao báp châu Phi
chimuho, imbomdeiro, mulapa, muramba boumbou, kouboli, kouka
bobdi, boki
moulgouï
kmsa
kouka
Adansonia digitata is found throughout the semi-arid regions of Africa. It reaches 25m in height, and a trunk diameter of 12m. It has an irregular crown. The bark is grey, and usually smooth, but sometimes irregularly tuberculate. The flowers are white and pendulous.
Synonyms of Adansonia digitata include Adansonia bahobab L., Adansonia baobab Gaert., Adansonia digitata var. congolensis A.Chev., Adansonia integrifolia Rafin., Adansonia scutula Steud., Adansonia situla Spreng., Adansonia somaliensis Chiov., Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev., Adansonia sulcata A.Chev., Baobabus digitata Kuntze and Ophelus sitularius Lour..
Adansonia
grandidieri Baill. Giant Baobab, Grandidier's Baobab Baobab de Madagascar, Baobab malgache
Baobá de Grandidier Baobab von Grandidier
Baobab Grandidiera
Büyük baobab Renala
Bao báp Grandidier
Adansonia grandidieri is found in the west of Madagascar. It is a tall tree, reaching 25m in height, but much slenderer and more elegant than Adansonia digitata, with a trunk diameter reaching 3m. The crown, situated at the top of the tree, is flat and regular. The bark is smooth and reddish gray. The flowers are white, yellowing with age.
There are no known synonyms of Adansonia grandidieri.
Adansonia
gregori F. Mueller Australian Baobab, Australian bottle tree
Boab, Prison tree baobab australien, Baobab d' Australie
Baobá Australiano Baobab australiano
Australischer Baobab
Australiaanse Kremetart Australisk baobab
Gregori ahvileivapuu
Baobab australijski
Australia baobabo Avustralya baobab Bao báp Australia
Adansonia gregori is found in north west Australia. It is a smaller, often multi-trunked, tree, with smooth grey bark, and an irregular crown, rarely exceeding 10m in height. The flowers are white to pale cream.
Synonyms of Adansonia gregori include Adansonia gibbosa (A.Cunn) Guymer, Adansonia rupestris Saville-Kent , Adansonia stanburyana Hochr., Baobab gregorii (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Baobabus gregorii Kuntze and Capparis gibbosa A.Cunn..
Adansonia
madagascariensis Baill. Baobab de Madagascar
Baobá de Madagascar Baobab del Madagascar
Affenbrotbäume von Madagaskar, Madagaskar-Baobab
Malagassische baobab
Madagaskar Baobab madagaskari ahvileivapuu
Madagaskara baobabo Madagaskar baobab bozy
Bao báp Madagasca
Adansonia madagascariensis is also found in Madagascar. It reaches 20m in height. It has smooth, pale grey bark, and dark red flowers.
Synonyms of Adansonia madagascariensis include Adansonia bernieri Baill. and Baobabus madagascariensis Kuntze..
Adansonia
perrieri Capuron Perrier's Baobab Baobab d'Antsiranana
Baobá de Perrier Baobab di Perrier
Baobab von Perrier
Baobab Perriera
Perrier baobab Bao báp Perrier
Adansonia perrieri is restricted to the north of Madagascar. It can reach 30m in height. The flowers are pale yellow to yellow orange.
There are no known synonyms of Adansonia perrieri.
Adansonia
rubrostipa Jumelle & Perrier Petit Baobab de Madagascar
Adansonia rubrostipa is the smaller of the Malagasy boababs, usually being 4 to 5m in height, but can exceptionally reach 20m. It has an irregular crown, borne above a distinct constriction at the top of the trunk. The bark is grey and rugose when young, but reddish-brown when mature. The leaves are serrate. The flowers are bright yellow to orange-yellow.
Adansonia fony Baill. is a synonym of Adansonia rubrostipa.
Adansonia
suarezensis H. Perrier Baobab du nord de Madagascar
Adansonia suarezensis is restricted to the north of Madagascar. It is a large tree with reaching 25m in height and a trunk diameter of 2m. It has a flat topped crown, with regularly arranged, mostly horizontal branches. The flowers are white.
There are no known synonyms of Adansonia suarezensis.
Adansonia
za Baill. Baobab de Madagascar
Adansonia za is the most widely distributed of the Malagasy boababs, being found in the south, west and north west of the island. It is 5 to 30m tall, usually with a single cylindrical trunk. The primary branches are often ascending. It has grey bark and yellow flowers.
Synonyms of Adansonia za include Adansonia alba Jum. & H.Perrier and Adansonia bozy Jum. & H.Perrier.
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