Mazhar Botanic Garden

Alluaudia procera (Drake) Drake

Madagascar ocotilllo

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000858
Common name: Madagascar ocotilllo
English name: Madagascar ocotillo
Arabic name: اللوديا
Native: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
(PGR): Rare

small succulent tree stem columnar covered with regularly spaced sharp, conical, tapering thorns and leaves arranged in parallel tracts spiraling up the trunk leaves small oval, succulent flowers yellowish white in crowded clusters at the end of the branches

ornamental succulent. used as firewood and charcoal production

Didierea procera Drake

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Texture: Calcareous Coastal Alluvial Soils Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Temperate
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds- cuttings
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 9b : 10a
pH range: 6.5 - 7.2
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Succulent
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Charcoal Firewood Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous
pH: Acid Neutral

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