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Adansonia rubrostipa
Also called Red Baobab
Adansonia rubrostipa, the fony baobab or red baobab, is a deciduous tree from western Madagascar and the smallest of the baobabs, with a bottle-shaped trunk and reddish bark. It needs a hot, dry climate with well-drained, often calcareous soil.
Adansonia rubrostipa, commonly known as fony baobab, is a deciduous tree in the Malvaceae family. Of eight species of baobab currently recognized, six are indigenous to Madagascar, including fony baobab. It is endemic to western Madagascar, found in Baie de Baly National Park, south. It is associated with well-drained soils and is found in dry and spiny forests. It occurs in the following protected areas: Amoron'i Onilahy, Baie de Baly, Menabe Antimena, Mikea, Namoroka, Ranobe PK 32, Tsimanampesotse, Tsimembo Manambolomaty, Tsinjoriake (La Table/St Augustin).
Fony baobab is the smallest of the baobabs, easily identified by its distinctive reddish bark. It is usually bottle-shaped and has toothed leaves and round fruit. It was first described by H.Perrier de la Bathie in 1909.
Fony baobab is associated with well drained, dry habitats on calcareous soils. It is found in dry deciduous forests and the Madagascar spiny forests of western Madagascar and is an important component of the spiny thickets or "spiny desert" of southern Madagascar, a globally distinctive ecoregion.
Roots, seeds and fruits are reportedly edible. Wood of fire-killed trees may be used as thatching material and in some areas trees are cut and used for charcoal production.
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