Malvaceae week :: Adansonia digitata

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 8, 2011, 3:54:28 AM9/8/11

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Adansonia digitata L.

ad-an-SOH-nee-uh -- named for Michel Adanson, French surgeon, botanist and naturalist
dig-ee-TAH-tuh or dij-ee-TAH-tuh -- finger

May 3, 2007 in premises of SEEPZ, Andheri, Mumbai

commonly known as: baobab, bottle tree, cream of tartar tree, dead-rat tree, Ethiopian sour bread, lemonade tree, monkey-bread tree, sour gourd • Bengali: gadhagachh • Hindi: गोरख ईमली gorakh imli • Kannada: ಬ್ರಃಮಾఠಲಿಕ brahmamlika • Marathi: गोरख चिंच gorakh chinch, वावबाब vavabab • Sanskrit: सर्पदण्डि sarpadandi • Tamil: பப்பரப்புளி papparappuli, பெரியமரவகை periyamaravakai • Telugu: brahmaaamlika

Native to: northeastern, central and southern Africa; cultivated elsewhere

... Mar 6, 2007 in premises of SEEPZ, Andheri, Mumbai
... Mar 6, 2007 in premises of SEEPZ, Andheri, Mumbai
... May 9, 2010 at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
... May 9, 2010 at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
... Apr 21, 2007 near Porta do Mar (seaward entrance) of Bassein fort
... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Adansoniadigitata&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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Sep 8, 2011, 9:43:20 AM9/8/11

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Great capturing of Baobab Tree

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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