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Alluaudia comosa (Alluaudia comosa)

Description

Alluaudia comosa grows as a dense thorny and branched shrub. The plants reach stature heights of 2 to 6 meters. The gray and solitary thorns are round at the base and 1.5 to 3.5 inches long. The single or in pairs standing fleshy leaves are obovate to semi-circular shaped. They are 10 to 22 millimeters long and 10 millimeters wide and are sometimes provided with a rounded tip.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Didiereaceae

              • Genus: Alluaudia