Adansonia rubrostipa
Malvaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Adansonia rubrostipa

Adansonia rubrostipa

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree
Growth—

Requires a sunny position. Found in the wild in well-drained, sandy or limestone soils[1, 2]. Established plants are drought tolerant.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Adansonia+rubrostipa>

Pollinators

Fruit bats

References

  1. [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  2. [2]Bihrmann's Caudiciforms — http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ ↩︎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.
  3. [3]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 82 — Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. · 1995 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0026-6493 ↩︎A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the genus Adansonia (Baobabs). It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.