Adansonia digitata

Adansonia digitata, in leaf in rainy season, Popenguine, Sénégal

Adansonia digitata, leafless in dry season, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Adansonieae
Genus: Adansonia
Sectio: A. sect. Adansonia
Species: Adansonia digitata

Name

Adansonia digitata L., (1759).

• Lectotypus: 862.1 LINN, vide A.Robyns, (1980).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Baobabus digitata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 67 (1891).

• Heterotypic
  • Adansonia bahobab L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 960 (1763).
  • Adansonia baobab Gaert., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 253. t. 135 (1791).
  • Adansonia digitata var. congolensis A.Chev., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 53: 493 (1906).
  • Adansonia integrifolia Raf., Sylva Tell., 149 (1838).
  • Adansonia scutula Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel), ed. 2. 1: 24 (1840), sphalm.
  • Adansonia situla (Lour.) Spreng., Syst. 3: 124 (1826).
  • Adansonia somaliensis Chiov., Fl. Somala, 8: 30 (1932), nom. inval.
  • Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev., Vigit. Rig. Tombouctou. In Actes Congris Int. Bot. 1900: 271 (1901).
  • Adansonia sulcata A.Chev., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 494 (1906).
  • Ophelus sitularius Lour., Fl. Cochin. 412 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Adansonia digitata Continental:Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Peninsular arab ia Oman, Yemen Introduced into: Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel I, Sri Lanka, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : ed. 10, 2: 1144.
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1190. Reference page. , (nom. inval.)

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Adansonia digitata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Adansonia digitata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Adansonia digitata. Published online. Accessed: September 03 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Adansonia digitata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 September 2023. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adansonia digitata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Kremetart
• አማርኛ: ባምባ
• aragonés: Baobab africano
• العربية: باوباب إصبعي
• azərbaycanca: Baobab
• Bemba: Mubuyu
• беларуская: Баабаб
• български: Баобаб
• bamanankan: Nsirasun
• বাংলা: Gadhagachh
• català: Baobab africà
• Deutsch: Afrikanischer Affenbrotbaum
• Ελληνικά: Αδανσονία η δακτυλωτή
• English: African Baobab
• español: Baobab
• فارسی: آدانسونیا دیجیتاتا
• Fulfulde: ɓokki
• suomi: Apinanleipäpuu
• français: Baobab africain
• ગુજરાતી: Bukha
• Hausa: Kuka
• עברית: באובב
• हिन्दी: गोरख इमली
• hornjoserbsce: Afriski wopiči chlěbowc
• Haza: Nxoba-ko
• magyar: Majomkenyérfa
• հայերեն: Բաոբաբ
• Otsiherero: Omukura
• íslenska: Apabrauðstré
• italiano: Baobab
• 日本語: アフリカバオバブ
• Jawa: Nsirasun
• ქართული: ბაობაბი
• Kwanyama: Omukura
• қазақша: Баобаб
• ಕನ್ನಡ: ದೊಡ್ದಹುನುಸೆ
• перем коми: Баобаб
• kurdî: Baobab
• коми: Баобаб
• кыргызча: Баобаб
• Silozi: Mubuyu
• lietuvių: Tikrasis baobabas
• македонски: Баобаб
• кырык мары: Баобаб
• मराठी: गोरखचिंच
• Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Botol
• North Ndebele: umKhomo
• Nederlands: Afrikaanse baobab
• Sesotho sa Leboa: Motsoo
• Chi-Chewa: Mbuyu
• polski: Baobab afrykański
• português: Imbondeiro
• română: Baobab
• русский: Баобаб
• संस्कृतम्: Sarpadandi
• සිංහල: Aliha gaha
• chiShona: Mbuyu
• Soomaaliga: Yak
• svenska: Baobab
• Kiswahili: Mbuyu
• தமிழ்: ஆனைப்புளி
• తెలుగు: బ్రహ్మ మల్లిక
• ไทย: บาวบาบ
• ትግርኛ: Kommer
• Setswana: Movana
• Xitsonga: Shimuwu
• удмурт: Баобаб
• українська: Баобаб
• oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Baobab
• Tshivenda: Muvhuyu
• Wolof: Bui
• Yorùbá: Ose igbeeluju
• 中文（简体）: 猴面包树
• 中文（繁體）: 猢猻樹
• 中文: 猴面包树
• isiZulu: isiMuku

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