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Ankarafantsika National Park

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The best flora most visible to tourists
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Commiphora guillaumini''</td>
<td>Matambelona</td>
<td>Deciduous tree with a height of 10m to 20m and a diameter of 50cm to 80cm. The crown is somewhat bulky and the branches are rather thick at the end. Dry bark peels of from the green trunk, leaving scars. Yellow brown, reddish wood with darker rings. Smooth, alternating leaves, crowded in clusters on the branches. Lateral nerves are visible on both sides of the leaves.   Leaves smooth, composed, alternate, crowded in clusters on the twigs, and in prominent lateral nerves visible on both sides, deciduous. Flowers polygamous dioecious male flower with petals folded concave pods, grouped into inflorescence drooping clusters. Female flowers clustered into sparse inflorescence, with recurved petals on top. Round, fleshy fruits with stone inside. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dense dry forest.</td>
<td>Flowering in October and November, fruiting between October and March.</td></tr>

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