Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1882 |
Family: |
APOCYNACEAE |
Origin: |
Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
10-100
Centimetres |
Height: |
25
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Pachypodium cactipes K. Schum. 1895.
Pachypodium
drakei Costantin & Bois, 1907.
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. bemarahense,
Lüthy & Lavranos
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. bicolor , Lüthy.
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. cactipes, Lüthy
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. gracilius, Lüthy.
Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. makayense, Lüthy.
(Pachypodium
rosulatum subsp. makayense, Jonas Lüthy,
2004 =
Pachypodium makayense, John Jacob Lavranos,
2004).(
= Pachypodium inopinatum, John Jacob Lavranos, 1996) |
This member of the Apocynaceae
family was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1882. It
is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The stem will grow up from ten to 100 centimetres in
diameter and reach a height of 25 centimetres. The flowers are
yellow. The genera name
from Greek; pachys; 'thick' and Greek podion; 'small
foot' for the thick caudiciform trunk, formed by some species. The
species name means 'leaves borne in a rosette'. |