Alluaudia ascendens

Alluaudia ascending

Alluaudia ascendens is a species of the genus in the family of Alluaudia Didiereaceae. The specific epithet ascending means (French ascendant ) ascending '.

Description

Alluaudia ascending grows as columnar, 10 to 15 feet tall with erect shoots, which branch out in the end. The bark is dull greenish brown. The almost white thorns are predominantly dense and 1 to 3 inches long. The short- stalked, obovate to heart- shaped leaves are incised and 10 to 20 millimeters long and wide to 11 millimeters.

The white to dull reddish flowers appear in branched zymösen and up to 12 centimeters long inflorescences.

The chromosome number is.

Distribution and systematics

Alluaudia ascendens is widespread in the south of Madagascar in the area between Tsiombe and Taolanaro.

The first description of Alluaudia ascendens ascendens was as Didierea 1901 by Drake. In 1903 the same author presented the way in which he re- established species Alluaudia.