Madagascar baobab
Adansonia madagascariensis
Description
- Adansonia madagascariensis : Madagascar baobab
- Family : Bombacacees
- Origine : Madagascar
- Height in its natural environment: 15 m
- Hardiness : 4°C
- Flower colour : red
Height : about 10 to 20 cm (depending on seasons)
Fast grower
Description of the plant
Here is a rare baobab whose main characteristic is its bottle-shaped trunk, whose swollen belly can reach 5 meters in diameter!
It will amaze you and see life differently, with its smooth light grey bark and its red flowers, but also its strange habits: in winter, it loses its leaves, making its branches look like roots, as if it had been planted upside down; it does not bloom during the day but at night; it is able to regenerate its bark directly from the surface of the damaged wood; as for its trunk, it contains... water!
Indeed, its spongy wood soaks up water during the rainy season to be able to survive during the dry season.
And yet... it is in danger of extinction... so, quickly, save it by adopting it!
Discover our other varieties of Adansonia : the African baobab, the Grandidier's baobab and the Australian Baobab