Pachypodium decaryi

Pachypodium decaryi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pachypodium
Species:	P. decaryi
Binomial name
*Pachypodium decaryi* Costantin & Bois

Pachypodium decaryi is a flowering plant, and a member of the Apocynaceae family. This species was first described in 1922 by Henri Louis Poisson. It is native to central Madagascar, growing on bare rocks with little water and a lot of sunlight. The caudex (swollen stem base) of this species can grow to 40 centimetres in diameter, and the taller stems can grow up to three or four meters. It blooms with white flowers.^[1]

References

↑ "Pachypodium decaryi". Retrieved 6 May 2015.

Pachypodium

General information	Genus overview Morphology Taxonomy Habitats History

Species	P. ambongense P. baronii P. bicolor P. bispinosum P. brevicaule P. cactipes P. decaryi P. densiflorum P. eburneum P. geayi P. gracilius P. horombense P. inopinatum P. lamerei P. lealii P. makayense P. meridionale P. menabeum P. namaquanum P. rosulatum P. rutenbergianum P. saundersii P. sofiense P. succulentum P. windsorii

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