Adansonia digitata
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Summary
Adansonia digitata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,220 views/month, #1,166 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Adansonia[4]
- Taxon name: Adansonia digitata[5]
- Subclass of: useful plant[6]
- Has use: food[7], vegetable[8], medicinal plant[9]
- Commons category: Adansonia digitata[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Adansonia digitata[11]
- Commons gallery: Adansonia digitata[12]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[13], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[14]
- Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1433[18]
- This taxon is source of: bouye[19], baobab seed oil[20], baobab leaf[21]
- Short name: A. digitata[22]
- Taxon common name: African Baobab[23], Baobab africain[24], Kremetart[25], ባምባ[26], Baobab[27], Баабаб[28], Баобаб[29], Nsirasun[30], Baobab africà[31], Afrikanischer Affenbrotbaum[32], Argentino[33], ɓokki[34], Apinanleipäpuu[35], Kuka[36]
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Identifiers
Adansonia digitata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69109[37]. Adansonia digitata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584789[38]. Adansonia digitata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5406695[39]. Adansonia digitata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21591[40].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Adansonia digitata include Order of the Baobab[41], an order[42], in South Africa[43], founded in 2002[44].
Why It Matters
Adansonia digitata has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for it include Order of the Baobab[41], an order[42], in South Africa[43], founded in 2002[44].