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Adansonia digitata
Baobab; Dead Rat Tree; Monkey Bread Tree

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DERIVATION
Adansonia - Named for Michel Adanson, 18th century French surgeon, botanist and naturalist
digitata - fingerlike
FAMILY Malvaceae (Mallow Family)  Other Plants in the Mallow Family
HABIT Tree | Cactus/succulent
RANGE Tropica Africa
LEAF TYPE Deciduous
FLOWERS White
HARDINESS USDA Zone 10 (Coldest zone where hardy)
SOIL Stoney, well drained
COMMON NAME(S) Baobab | Dead Rat Tree | Monkey Bread Tree

3 Individual Locations for Adansonia digitata
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Key 		Accession
Number		 Year Location
No
Map		 040464*1 2004 Greenhouse
No
Map		 041220*1 2004 Greenhouse
No
Map		 052273*1 2005 Greenhouse

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