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Accession Data:

Adansonia digitata L.

  • Common Name: Baobab
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Baobabus digitata (L.) Kuntze

  • Country of Origin: Africa and Arabia
  • Habitat: seasonally dry subtropical to tropical forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300073
  • Source: Trade Winds Fruit
  • Provenance: 
    Seed from Trade Winds Fruit, donated by student volunteer Garrett Brochard. Sown May 2023 after hot water treatment
  • Accession Date: 07-03-2023
  • Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-06-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Bombacoideae
  • Tribe: Adansonieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Burkina / Gambia, The / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Ivory Coast / Guinea / Mali / Mauritania / Nigeria / Niger / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Zaire / Chad / Djibouti / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Somalia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Northern Provinces / Oman / Yemen

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:12:25 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae

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  • Adansonia grandidieri
  • Adansonia za
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  • Ceiba pentandra
  • Ceiba speciosa
  • Pachira aquatica
  • Pachira aquatica
  • Pachira glabra
  • Pseudobombax ellipticum

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae

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Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae

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Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae

  • Dombeya wallichii

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae

  • Grewia occidentalis

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae

  • Sparmannia africana

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae

  • Gossypium arboreum
  • Gossypium barbadense
  • Gossypium darwinii
  • Thespesia populnea

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae

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  • Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. (yellow)
  • Hibiscus tilliaceus
  • Lagunaria patersonia
  • Pavonia strictiflora

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae

  • Abutilon hybridum
  • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus

Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae

  • Brachychiton rupestris
  • Cola acuminata
  • Cola nitida
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