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Pachypodium ambongense is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It was first published as a species of the genus Pachypodium in 1924 by the botanist Henri Louis Poisson.
Having a habit as a shrub that is 1–2 m (3+1⁄2–6+1⁄2 ft) and bottle-shaped, Pachypodium ambongense inhabits the western low, open deciduous forest of Madagascar on a substrate of Mesozoic calcareous rock. It is fairly rare to the landscape, perhaps, suggesting a more specialized environment needed for it to grow. It is known by common name in Madagascar as "Songosongo" or "Betono."
Madagascar Palm · Pachypodium bicolor · Pachypodium bispinosum · Pachypodium brevicaule · Pachypodium decaryi · Pachypodium densiflorum · Pachypodium eburneum · Madagascar Bottle Tree · Pachypodium gracilius · Pachypodium horombense · Madagascar Palm · Bottle tree
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pachypodium ambongense 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.
