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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Pachypodium geayi''
| image = Pachypodium geayi2.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = A Pachypodium in [[Longwood Gardens]]
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Pachypodium]]''
| species = '''''P. geayi'''''
| binomial = ''Pachypodium geayi''
| binomial_authority = Costantin & Bois
}}
'''''Pachypodium geayi''''' is a [[species]] of ''[[Pachypodium]]'' originated from Southwest [[Madagascar]]. It has a metallic grey [[pachycaule]] trunk. Leaves are thin and grey-green, with a bright pink mid-rib. The plant has white [[flower]]s. Pachypodium geayi is one of the largest of the Madagascar species.
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image:Pachypodium geayi.JPG|The trunk of ''Pachypodium geayi
Image:Pachypodium geayi1.jpg|
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==References==
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[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Madagascar]]