Madagascar ocotillo

Madagascar ocotillo

Taxobox
name = "Madagascar ocotillo"
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3



image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Didiereaceae
genus = "Alluaudia"
species = "A. procera"
binomial = "Alluaudia procera"
binomial_authority = (Drake) Drake
synonyms = "Didierea procera" Drake

Madagascar ocotillo or Alluaudia, is a deciduous succulent plant species of the family Didiereaceae. It is native to Madagascar. Although strikingly similar in appearance, it is not closely related to the ocotillo. Young alluaudias form a tangle of stems that last for several years after which a strong central stem develops. The basel stems then die out leaving a tree-like stem that branches higher up on the main trunk.

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