African Baobab

Adansonia digitata L.

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Adansonia digitata (African Baobab) is a species of tree in the family mallows. They have a self-supporting growth form. They have broad leaves. Flowers are visited by Zanzibar bushbaby, Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat, African Straw-colored Fruit Bat, and Pteropus seychellensis comorensis. Individuals can grow to 21 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
Definition: whole plant arborescent

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.

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EOL has data for 26 attributes, including:

carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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153 kg
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Senegal
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2245662
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leaf morphology
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0019932
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broad
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
- Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
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leaf sheddability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008548
- Definition: A plant's disposition to lose leaves by a natural process
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deciduous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001731
- Definition: Deciduous (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to shed foliage.
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optimal growth pH
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH
- Definition: The pH of a medium (water column, soil moisture) at which the growth rate of an organism is typically optimized
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6.5
optimal growth temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature
- Definition: Optimal temperature conditions for cell division
- Attribution: Created by Anne Thessen
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36 degrees celsius
photosynthetic pathway
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosyntheticPathway
- Definition: the biochemical pathway a plant uses to gain carbon for growth and reproduction. Plants have evolved three photosynthetic pathways, each in response to distinct environmental conditions, resulting in differences in their ecological patterns of growth and distribution.
- Comment: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-photosynthetic-pathways-15785165
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c3 photosynthetic plant
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q286954
- Definition: one of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis, along with C4 and CAM. This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP, a 5-carbon sugar) into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction:\r\n\r\nCO2 + H2O + RuBP → (2) 3-phosphoglycerate\r\n\r\nThis reaction occurs in all plants as the first step of the Calvin–Benson cycle.
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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tree
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
- Definition: whole plant arborescent
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plant lifeform
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900022
- Definition: whole plant lifeform
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terrestrial plant
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/terrestrialPlant
- Definition: A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on or in or from land. Other types of plants are aquatic (living in water), epiphytic (living on trees) and lithophytic (living in or on rocks)
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_plant
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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food
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095
- Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body
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wood density
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000040
- Definition: Secondary xylem volumetric density. Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the volumetric density of a secondary xylem.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:TermGenie] [database_cross_reference: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01285.x]
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0.276 g/cm^3

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of African Baobab. View this species on GBIF

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