ON THIS PLANT
Adansonia grandidieri is the biggest and most famous of Madagascar's six species of baobabs. It is sometimes known as Grandidier's baobab or giant baobab. In French it is called Baobab malgache. The local name is renala or reniala (from Malagasy: reny ala "mother of the forest"). 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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Grandidier's baobab en Giant baobab en Grandidier’s baobab en Reniala en Queen of the forest
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