Adansonia
(named after Michael Adanson, an eminent French botanist). ORD. Sterculiaceae. This is reputed to be one of the largest trees in the world, as far as the girth of the trunk is concerned; but it is seldom seen in cultivation in this country.
A. digitata (finger-leaved). Baobab-tree; Sour Gourd. fl. white, about 6in. across, with purplish anthers, on long, axillary, solitary pedicels. l. palmate, with three leaflets in the young plants, and five to seven in adult ones. h. 40ft. Africa.