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| name = ''Adansonia''
|familia=Bombaceae
| common_names = Baobab
|genus=Adansonia
| growth_habit = tree
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'''''Adansonia''''' is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to [[Madagascar]], one native to mainland [[Africa]] and one to [[Australia]]. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island.
A typical common name is '''baobab'''. Other common names include boab, boaboa, bottle tree, upside-down tree, and monkey bread tree. The generic name honours [[Michel Adanson]], the French naturalist and explorer who described ''A. digitata''.
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Adansonias reach heights of {{convert|5|to|30|m|ft}} and have trunk diameters of {{convert|7|to|11|m|ft}}. [[Glencoe Baobab]] - an [[African Baobab]] specimen in [[Limpopo Province]], [[South Africa]], often considered the largest example alive, up to recent times had a [[circumference]] of {{convert|47|m|ft}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/baobab.html |title=Big Baobab Facts|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref> Its diameter is estimated at about {{convert|15.9|m|ft}}. Recently the tree split up into two parts and it is possible that the stoutest tree now is [[Sunland Baobab]], also in South Africa. Diameter of this tree is 10.64 m, approximate circumference - 33.4 metres.
Some baobabs are reputed to be many thousands of years old, which is difficult to verify as the [[wood]] does not produce annual [[growth ring]]s, though [[radiocarbon dating]] may be able to provide age data.
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Adansonia (named after M. Adanson, French botanist). Bombacaceae. A genus of 8 species of tropical shrubs and trees, closely related to Bombax: fls. large, pendulous; petals 5, white, obovate; stamens numerous, united in a column about the styles; ovary 5-10-celled: fr. oblong, woody, indehiscent, filled with a mealy pulp in which are numerous seeds.
Adansonia (named after M. Adanson, French botanist). Bombacaceae. A genus of 8 species of tropical shrubs and trees, closely related to Bombax: fls. large, pendulous; petals 5, white, obovate; stamens numerous, united in a column about the styles; ovary 5-10-celled: fr. oblong, woody, indehiscent, filled with a mealy pulp in which are numerous seeds.
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