- Family:
- Malvaceae Juss.
Adansonia L.

[FZ]
Bombacaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees, trunk often of great girth.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitately 3–9-foliolate, leaflets entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers large, solitary in the leaf-axils; pedicels with 2 bracteoles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx deeply 5-lobed, villous inside.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens ?, united into a tube below; anthers reniform and often somewhat coiled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5–10-locular, loculi multiovulate; stigma 5–10-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit indehiscent, woody, oblong-cylindric to globose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds many, embedded in a pulpy or floury matrix; endosperm in a very thin layer; cotyledons contorted.
[FTEA]
Bombacaceae, H. Beentje (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Soft-wooded trees, often of great girth
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitate; leaflets 3-9, entire, the innermost larger than the outer ones
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary and solitary, large, pendulous; pedicels with 2 bracteoles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx deeply 5-lobed, villous inside
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens many, the filaments united into a tube in their lower part; anthers reniform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-10-locular, with numerous ovules; stigma 5-10-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit woody, indehiscent, with many seeds embedded in a floury pulp
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reniform or globose; hilum lateral; testa thick, endosperm thin; cotyledons contorted.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology Trunk
- Trunks massive, soft-wooded, unarmed
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary, axillary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx enclosing flower in bud, deeply 5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, equal or almost so
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens numerous; filaments united below into a tube; anthers 1-thecous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 5–10-celled, with numerous ovules; style 5–10-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit woody, indehiscent, with many seeds embedded in pulp
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reniform.
- Distribution
- One species in continental Africa and Arabia, seven in Madagascar, and one in NW Australia.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Mozambique Channel I, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Adansonia L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1144, 1382 (1759)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 1: 212.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 497 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 1190 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Baum in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82: 440–470 (1995).
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 497 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 1190 (1753)
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