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Moringa drouhardii One of the many odd-shaped baobab-like trees in Madagascar, with their characterstic thick berks to store water. Bottle tree,Geotagged,Isola,Madagascar,Moringa drouhardii Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Moringa drouhardii

One of the many odd-shaped baobab-like trees in Madagascar, with their characterstic thick berks to store water.

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The Bottle Tree, ''Moringa drouhardii'', is an endemic species of Southwest Madagascar. It occurs in the Madagascar spiny thickets ecoregion, especially at the limestone cliffs to the east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, on the Mahafaly Plateau.
The species is often planted in local villages and around traditional tombs.
Neither the seeds nor the leaves are traditionally used in the Atsimo Andrefana Region despite their significant benefits.

Similar species: Brassicales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 1, 2013. Captured Sep 10, 2012 16:33 in 7, Madagascar.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/5.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO100
  • 26mm