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Givotia madagascariensis, locally known as farafatsy, is a commercially valuable softwood tree endemic to the southwestern Madagascar province formally known as Toliara Province.
It is in the genus Givotia of the family Euphorbiaceae. Locals use it in building canoes and in folk medicine, and it has been investigated for antitumor substances.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Givotia madagascariensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
