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The baobab trees, known locally as renala or reniala (from Malagasy reny ala "mother of the forest") [4] [5] are a legacy of the dense tropical forests that once thrived on Madagascar. The trees did not originally tower in isolation over the sere landscape of scrub, but stood in dense forest. Over the years, as the country's population grew ...
Grandidier's baobab, giant baobab: west central Madagascar [19] Adansonia gregorii F.Muell. (syn. A. gibbosa) boab, Australian baobab, bottletree, cream-of-tartar-tree, gouty-stem: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia) [20] Adansonia madagascariensis Baill. Madagascar baobab: northwest and north Madagascar [21] Adansonia perrieri ...
Adansonia madagascariensis or Madagascar baobab is a small to large deciduous tree in the family Malvaceae. [2] It is one of six species of baobab endemic to Madagascar , where it occurs in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests .
The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. Two baobab lineages went extinct in Madagascar, but not before establishing themselves elsewhere, one in Africa and one in Australia, the ...
This tree is a rare phenomenon due to its unique appearance and the red sap it produces. ... The route between Morondava and Belon’i Tsiribihina in Madagascar is flanked by magnificent baobab ...
In French it is called Baobab malgache. The local name is renala or reniala (from Malagasy: reny ala, meaning "mother of the forest"). [3] [4] This tree is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is an endangered species threatened by the encroachment of agricultural land. This is the tree found at the Avenue of the Baobabs.
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).
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