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Accession Data:

Decarya madagascariensis Choux

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Didiereaceae Radlk. ex Drake

  • Country of Origin: sw Madagascar
  • Habitat: spiny thicket forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800090
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU
  • Accession Date: 07-25-2008
  • Bench: 2201 - XER:Madagascar Spiny Thicket A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-16-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Didiereaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. Images #00 (cropped), #01 & #02 by Matt Opel, EEB Greenhouses. Last accessed on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, July 13, 2017.

data regenerated on Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:54:22 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Decarya madagascariensis

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Didiereaceae

  • Alluaudia ascendens W/C
  • Alluaudia comosa
  • Alluaudia dumosa W/C
  • Alluaudia humbertii
  • Alluaudia montagnacii
  • Alluaudia procera
  • Ceraria pygmaea
  • Decarya madagascariensis
  • Didierea trollii
  • Portulacaria afra 'variegata'
  • Portulacaria afra
  • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark'
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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