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''Adansonia gregorii'', commonly known as the boab, is a tree in the family Malvaceae. As with other baobabs, it is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which forms a massive caudex, giving the tree a bottle-like appearance. Endemic to Australia, boab occurs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and east into the Northern Territory. It is the only baobab to occur in Australia, the others being native to Madagascar (six species) and mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (two species). Boab ranges from 5 to 15 meters in height, usually between 9 and 12 metres, with a broad bottle-shaped trunk. Its trunk base may be extremely large; trunks with a diameter of over five metres have been recorded. ''A. gregorii'' is deciduous, losing its leaves during the dry winter period and producing new leaves and large white flowers between December and May.〔 __NOTOC__ ==Alternative names== The common name "boab" is a shortened form of the generic common name "baobab". Although boab is the most widely recognised common name, ''Adansonia gregorii'' has a number of other common names, including: * baobab — this is the common name for the genus as a whole, but it is often used in Australia to refer to the Australian species; * Australian baobab * boabab was in common use from the late 1850s〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Trove Newspaper results for "boabab" )〕 (Perhaps the origin of boab) * baob * bottle tree * upside down tree * dead rat tree * gouty stem tree * monkey bread tree〔 * cream of tartar tree * gourd-gourd tree * sour gourd * gadawon — one of the names used by the local Indigenous Australians. Other names include larrgadi or larrgadiy, which is widespread in the Nyulnyulan languages of the Western Kimberley. The specific name "gregorii" honours the Australian explorer Augustus Gregory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adansonia gregorii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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