Common name
English: Baobab
German: Affenbrotbaum
Portuguese: Baobá
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Bombacaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Adansonia (1)
Epithet: digitata L. (1)
Synonyms: Adansonia bahobab L., Adansonia baobab Gaertn.
digitata => fingered, with fingers (of leaves as that of the Horse-Chestnut)
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Adansonia digitata at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [56] Der Baobab - Dissertation, Jens Gebauer
- [1217] Adansonia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.