Adansonia perrieri

Botanical Description

Adansonia perrieri is a deciduous tree with a sparse, irregular crown; it can grow up to 30 metres tall. The large, more or less cylindrical bole can be 3 metres in diameter, it only form branches near the crown[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. , 727 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 82 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1995 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the genus Adansonia (Baobabs). It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit, Confined to the northern tip of Madagascar, where this species is known from just five sites. The region is considerably disturbed by fire and the extraction of firewood and timber. Seed predation by rats also appears to be limiting the chances of population recruitment. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].