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Ankarafantsika National Park is home to a rich and diverse flora. 823 species have been inventoried. The endemic rate is ranging from 82% for herbaceous plants to 92% for woody plants.
== The best fauna most visible to tourists ==
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<td>English name / Malagasy name</td>
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<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dioscorea bemandry''</td>
<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 the dry dense forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from December to February, fruiting from January to April.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Baudouinia fluggeiformis''</td>
<td>Mpanjakabenitany</td>
<td>Shrub or tree 15m high and 50cm in diameter. Irregular trunk with very deep grooves/flutings. The bark is light brown. Its deciduous leaves arranged in bouquets at the summits of short branches have a lower dull side and a shiny upper side. A dominant leaf-vein crosses the leaves. Hermaphrodite (both sexes) flowers with five yellow petals about the same length as the sepals. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In the dry dense forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from August to December, fruiting from September to May.</td></tr>
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