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Adansonia digitata
' African Baobab '

[ Bombacaceae ]
[ Africa ]
The African baobab is the most important in number and also the better known among the eight species. Indigenous in the semi arid part of the sub-Saharian Africa. Unlike the 8 other diploid species, it is tetraploid. This means that it has 4n chromosomes in its cells, the diploid number of 2n being the normal number. Adansonia digitata has a character which is unique in the genus: pendulous flowers. The tree is usually massive, reaching 25m in height and up to 12 m in diameter, with irregular crown. Bark grey, smoth. Some times irregurlarly tuberculate. Flowers of Adansonia digitata are white. The fruits are variable, globose to ovoid.
Adansonia digitata
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Tree . Flowering plant . Fruiting plant . Plant which can be grown as a Bonsai . Succulent Plant . Develops a caudex .
Habitat
zone 10b = Winter minimum temperature 2C to 4C (35F to 40F)
Coastal Tropical Forests
Rocky Hillsides
Savanna Grassland
Savanna Woodland
Dry tropical forests


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Resitant to salty sea air
Drought-Tolerant
Medicinal Plant

Cultivation  
Substrate
Temperature during winter
Lighting
Watering during automn-winter
Watering during hot season
Fertilizer during growth
Pruning
Repotting

1 gravel + 1 soil + 1 humus

Indoor during winter temperature min. from 3 to 10C

Sunny

Extremely rare

Regularly and abundantly, but avoid that the water traverse the pot

Regularly but with spacing
A light pruning is possible every end of summer
Repot from time to time

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221 Germination Seeds are very easy to germinate. Seeds need up to 3 months to germinate. Minimum 18°C. Maximum 30°C.
A visitor 2006-12-13

286 Germination Seeds are fairly easy to germinate. Seeds need up to 1 month to germinate. Minimum 20°C.
Have found that seeds germinate readily if nicked and then left to lie on top of a moist potted substrate. Place the pot in a heated propogator, and the seeds usually sprout within a few days.
Ireland [Co Offaly] Bell [bellmr@iol.ie] 2007-03-20

849 Germination Seeds are very easy to germinate. Seeds need up to 1 month to germinate.
I have just germinated my first baobab seedling (A. Digitata). I just used a bastard file to scuff off the outer coating. The shiny, dark brown under coating proved impenetrable to the file. Doing nothing more I soaked them in warm tap water and refreshed the water every day for three days, then planted them in a community pot. We recieved some unexpected cold weather (around 34 F), but one has sprouted--they are being grown in full sun. It took about 3 weeks.
U.S.A. [Starke/Florida] Moore [vulcansforge@embarqmail.com] 2008-04-21

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