Adansonia suarezensis

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Adansonia suarezensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Adansonia
Species:
A. suarezensis
Binomial name
Adansonia suarezensis

Adansonia suarezensis, the Suarez baobab, is an endangered species of Adansonia endemic to Madagascar. It is locally called "bozy" (pronounced "boojy"), the common name used for all baobabs in northern Madagascar.[2]

Description

Adansonia suarezensis is a large tree up to 25 metres (82.0 ft) tall, with a cylindrical trunk up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter.

fruit bats. Flowering occurs in late May to early July.[2] Dangling, elongated fruit that can weigh as much as 1 kilogram (2.2 lb).[3]
are ripe by November.

Distribution and habitat

Adansonia suarezensis grows in the northern tip of the island of Madagascar near

Analamerana Reserve in the Forest of Mahory. Its typical habitat is deciduous woodland in limestone areas, but it also grows in disturbed scrub.[1]

Ecology

The flowers are strong smelling, produce copious nectar and are visited by bees, moths and sunbirds, but none of these are big enough to pollinate them.[3] During seasons when fruit are not available, the Madagascan fruit bat feeds on nectar and has been observed to visit the flowers of A. suarezensis and the kapok tree Ceiba pentandra. This bat is believed to be a significant pollinator of the flowers of these trees.[4]

Status

The

Red List of Threatened Species. This is because little natural regeneration has been observed except in the Mahory Forest, and populations are small and fragmented. Numbers are declining, as trees are cleared for urban development, agriculture and grazing or cut for timber and charcoal.[1] No Madagascan animals have been identified as dispersing the seed of this tree.[3]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T30389A145519699.en
    . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Baum, D.A., 1995, A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , 1995, Vol. 82, No. 3 (1995), pp. 440-471
  3. ^ a b c "Suarez baobab (Adansonia suarezensis)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  4. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00112.x
    .
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