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<td>Maciba</td>
<td>Herbaceous liana, with spirally arranged leaves. Small greenish flowers with six petals grouped in a cluster. Roots are edible tubers up to 1m long. Non-endemic.</td>
<td>In dry and dense dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from December to February, fruiting from January to April.</td></tr>
<td>Katrafay</td>
<td>Tree 5m to 22m in height and 10cm to 50cm in diameter. Its greyish-brown bark is cracked and has a characteristic odor. Its clear-yellow and hard wood is very valued for joinery. Its deciduous, hollow leaves grouped on the summit of the twig have various healing powers. The small flowers are yellow. The fruit capsules turn black when ripe. Essential oil (katrafay oil) resulting from the bark is used in traditional medicine and in aromatherapy. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dry and dense dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from September to December, fruiting from October to January.</td></tr>
<td>Hazondringitra</td>
<td>Tree 20m in height and 10cm in diameter. This deciduous tree has simple, oval leaves with a more or less dark reddish upper side and a light green bottom side. The small flowers are grouped in a cymose umbel <!-- blütenständige Dolde --> with four sepals. Ripe fruits are black. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dry and dense dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Tree rich in mucilage (viscous fluid). Flowering during the rainy season: November to April, fruiting in the dry season.</td></tr>
<td>Mangarahara</td>
<td>Shaft 15m to 20m high. Grey, waxy bark. The tree releases brown shiny exudates on the surface after scratching the trunk. Deciduous tree with compound, opposite leaves. Small white flowers tinged with purple, hermaphrodite flowers (both sexes). The capsular fruits are cylindrical or spindle-shaped. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dry and dense dry deciduous forest forests on sand or on laterite plateaus and hills.</td>
<td>Flowering from November to January and fruiting between April and November.</td></tr>
<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. Round, fleshy fruits with stone inside. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dry and dense forestforests.</td>
<td>Flowering in October and November, fruiting between October and March.</td></tr>
