EXSICCATAE #:    00734690
TROPICOS #:      10700002
TAXON:           Alluaudia comosa Drake 
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toliara
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Cap Ste. Marie RS
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        Cap Sainte Marie Special Reserve, 300 m W of lighthouse.  
ELEV:            190 m
COORD:           25.35S 45.07E
COLLECTOR:       G.E. Schatz 
NUMBER:          2974
COLL.DATE:       17 February 1990
INSTITUTIONS:    K, MO, P, PRE, TAN
SPECIMEN INFO:   Shrub 2-3 m tall; leaves medium green succulent; plants 
                   dioecious; pedicel, calyx light flesh; filaments magenta,
                   anthers white; staminodes white at base to magenta at apex,
                   tightly encircling white stigma; photo.
 
PHOTO HABIT
PHOTO FEMALE flowers
PHOTO MALE flowers