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Za Baobab – Adansonia za



Natural History

Other Names: Za

Distinctive Characteristics: This baobab species can look similar to the African mainland species, Adansonia digitata, with a thick trunk and large main branches at the top.

Distribution: The most widespread of all baobab species in Madagascar: the Northwest coast, western coast and inland; and the only one found in the southeast and southwest.

Ecosystem: The most diverse of all Adansonia species. Sub-arid and semi-arid degraded scrublands, deciduous forests and thickets, humid riparian zones. Found with Adansonia rubrostipa in Kirindy.

Maximum Age: Unknown
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Maximum Height and Girth:  Height unknown, 75ft (23m) in girth.

Animal Community: Provides food and habitat for various lemurs, birds, insects, and fruit bats. Pollinated by nocturnal fork-marked lemurs.

Traditional Uses:
Medicine: The bark, roots, leaves, fruits, and seeds have been widely used for medicinal applications for both people and animals.

Food: The large gourd-like seedpods contain a dry, sour center high in vitamin C that is made into candy, porridge, or a lemony drink; the seeds can be roasted; and the young leaves and seedling roots can be eaten. The seeds can be pressed for cooking oil.

Fiber: The inner bark is harvested to make very strong rope and cordage.

Threats and Conservation: Deforestation for agriculture, livestock grazing, as well as lack of regeneration.
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    • African Baobab
    • Antarctic Beech
    • Bald Cypress
    • Bristlecone Pine
    • Blue Gum
    • Big Leaf Maple
    • Brush Box
    • Blackbutt
    • Boab
    • California Bay Laurel
    • California Buckeye
    • California Sycamore
    • Camphor
    • Canyon Live Oak
    • Cherry (Sakura)
    • Coast Live Oak
    • Coast Redwood
    • Cork Oak
    • Douglas Fir
    • English Oak
    • European Beech
    • European Yew
    • Fever Tree
    • Fony Baobab
    • Giant Sequoia
    • Ginkgo
    • Grandidier's Baobab
    • Green Fig
    • Hiba (Asunaro)
    • Huon Pine
    • Indian Banyan
    • Japanese Beech
    • Japanese Red Cedar (Sugi)
    • Japanese Red Pine
    • Katsura
    • Kauri
    • King Billy Pine
    • Leadwood
    • Little Leaf Linden
    • Mangrove
    • Mesquite
    • Monterey Cypress
    • Moreton Bay Fig
    • Mountain Ash
    • Northern Rata
    • Nyala Tree
    • Olive
    • Ombu
    • Oregon White Oak
    • Pacific Dogwood
    • Red Bloodwood
    • Red Cedar (Australia)
    • Red River Gum
    • Sakhalin Fir
    • Sessile Oak
    • Sierra Juniper
    • Sierra Lodgepole Pine
    • Silver Beech
    • Silver Gimlet
    • Sitka Spruce
    • Small Leaved Fig
    • Spotted Gum
    • Stewartia
    • Sweet Chestnut
    • Sycamore Fig
    • Tallowwood
    • Tanoak
    • Totara
    • Two-Needle Pinyon Pine
    • Welwitschia
    • Western Hemlock
    • Western Redcedar
    • White Birch
    • White Willow
    • Za Baobab
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