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Baobabs
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Baobabs

Adansonia

A baobab is any of nine species of deciduous tree in the genus Adansonia, found in arid regions of Madagascar, mainland Africa, Arabia, and Australia. The generic name honours Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and explorer who described Adansonia digitata.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

African baobab

speciesAdansonia digitata

fony baobab

speciesAdansonia rubrostipa

Boab

speciesAdansonia gregorii

Grandidier's baobab

speciesAdansonia grandidieri

za baobab

speciesAdansonia za

Grey baobab

speciesAdansonia madagascariensis

Suarez baobab

speciesAdansonia suarezensis

Perrier's baobab

speciesAdansonia perrieri

Adansonia fony

speciesAdansonia fony

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81507.