Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_adansonia_grandidieri
Giant baobab
Adansonia grandidieri
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About Giant baobab
Giant baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Adansonia grandidieri
- Common names
- Giant baobab · Grandidier's baobab
- Other names
- Adansonia grandidieri · giant baobab · Grandidier's baobab
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Massive deciduous water-storing tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Giant baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.