Visitors to the sacred Tsitakakoiky Baobab at Andombiry must bring offerings of rum and tobacco. These gifts are used in a traditional rite performed at the base of the great tree. (L.J.)
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A
Achatina fulica
Adanson, Michel
Adansonia alba
Adansonia bernieri
Adansonia digitata
Adansonia fony
Adansonia gibbosa
Adansonia grandidieri
Adansonia gregorii
Adansonia group
Adansonia madagascariensis
Adansonia perrieri
Adansonia rubrostipa
Adansonia suarezensis
Adansonia za
Adansonia za var. boinensis
Adansonia za var. bozy
Adaptations
Aepyornithidae
Africa
African Baobab
Age
Agricultural methods
Agrius convolvuli
Aldabrachelys gigantea
Aldabran Giant Tortoise
Alpino, Prosper
Ambondromifehy
Ambongo
Ambovombe
Analamerana Special Reserve
Andavadoaka
Andohahela National Park
Andombiry
Andombiry Baobab
Andranomena Special Reserve
Anjajavy
Ankarafantsika
Ankarana National Park
Ankarana Plateau
Ankorondrenala
Antsiranana
Apocynaceae
Arboretum d’Antsokay
Archaeolemur
Australia
Avenue of Baobabs
B
Baboon
Baillon, Henri
Banded Day Gecko
Banknotes
Baobab D’afrique
Bar
Barbados
Bark
Baum, David
Befandriana Sud
Beheloka
Belitsake
Belo sur Tsiribihina
Berenty Private Reserve
Bernier, Alphonse Charles Joseph
Betioky
Biodiversity
Boab
Boina
Boki
Bombacaceae
Bombacoideae
Bontona
Boringy
Bos indicus
Bozy
Bozy Be
Bozy Malandy
Bozy Mena
Brevitubae group
Bushbaby
Bushpig
Butterflies
C
Calcium
Canoe
Cap Diego
Capparis
Capuron, René
Carving
Cattle
Ceiba pentandra
Cheirogaleus medius
China
Circumference
Classification
Climate change
Coelonia solanii
Coffee substitute
Comoro Islands
Conservation
Convergent evolution
Cosmetics
Cream of tartar
Cream of Tartar Tree
Culture
Cunningham, Allan
D
De Bry, Theodore
De Jussieu, Bernard
Dead Rat Tree
Deforestation
Delonix decaryi
Delonix floribunda
Delonix spp.
Derby (Australia)
Diabetes
Diarrhoea
Diego Suarez
Dispersal
Distribution
Drought
Durban Vision
Dye
Dysentery
E
Ecotourism
Eidolon dupreanum
Elephant
Elephant bird
Elephant-foot Tree
Endangered
Endemism
Euphorbiaceae
Extinction
F
Fabaceae
Farafatse
Farafatsy
Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur
Fengoky
Fermenting agent
Fever
Fibre
Fire
Flamboyant
Flame Tree
Florida (USA)
Flour-sack Tree
Flowers
Fodder
Folklore
Fony
Food
Four-windowed Baobab
Fruit
Fruit bat
Fungus
G
Gadawori
Galago spp.
Germination
Giant African Land Snail
Giant lemur
Giant tortoise
Givotia madagascariensis
Glencoe Baobab
Gondwanaland
Gouty Stem Tree
Grandidier, Alfred
Grandidier’s Baobab
Grandmother Baobab
Grazing
Growth
Gum
H
Hawaii
Hawkmoth
Hippopotamus
I
Iconic image
Ifotaka
India
Invasive species
Isalo
Isimuhu
Itampolo
J
Jail
Jamulang
Juice
K
Kangaroo
Kapok
Kimberley (Australia)
Kirindy-Mite National Park
Kirindy Private Reserve
Kremetert
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Kuruwan
L
Lake Andranovorinampela
Least Concern
Leaves
Legends
Lemur
Lemur catta
Limpopo Province (South Africa)
Linnaeus, Carolus
Literary quotations
Livingstone, David
Logging
Loky-Manambato
Longitubae group
M
Madagascar
Madagascar National Parks (MNP)
Madagascar Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Madeleine Islands
Mahafaly Plateau
Mahajanga
Mahory Forest
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana)
Malamasafoy
Malvaceae
Mandrare River
Mandrare Valley
Mangoky-Ihotry Complex
Maroserana
Mascarene Islands
Mayotte (Comoro Islands)
Mbuyu
Menabe Antimena Protected Landscape
Mikea
Mock Cotton Tree
Modjadjiskloof (South Africa)
Monkey-bread Tree
Montagne d’Ambre National Park
Montagne des Français Protected Area
Moramba Bay
Moringa drouhardii
Moringaceae
Morombe
Morondava
Mowana
Mushroom
N
Namoroka National Park
Near Threatened
Nectarinia souimanga
New protected areas (NPAs)
Nord-Ifotaka Protected Area
Northern Territory (Australia)
O
Ochroma pyramidale
Offerings
Oil
P
Pachylemur
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium lameri
Pachypodium mikea
Pachypodium rosulatum var. gracilius
Pachypodium spp.
Pale Fork-marked Lemur
Perrier de la Bâthie, Henri
Phaner pallescens
Phelsuma standingi
PK32-Ranobe
Poisoning
Pollinator
Postage stamp
Potamochoerus larvatus
Potassium
Prison
Proverbs
Pygmy hippo
Q
Quinine
R
Radiocarbon dating
Ramena
Ranobe-PK32 Protected Area
Rats
Renala
Reniala
Ring-tailed Lemur
Ringy
Roofing
Roots
Rope
Rousettus aegyptiacus
S
Sakalava
Sambirano River
Sarodrano
Seedling
Seed
Senegal
Shelter
Shifting agriculture
Souimanga Sunbird
South Africa
South American Balsa
Sri Lanka
Standing’s Day Gecko
Stem-succulent
Storage barn
Stories
Strepsirhini
Strict Nature Reserves
Sunland Baobab
Superstition
T
Tanzania
Taolagnaro
Tartaric acid
Thatch
Toilet
Toliara
Trunk
Tsimanampesotse National Park
Tsiribihina River
Tsitakakoiky Baobab
Tsitoloniny
U
Upside-down Tree
Uses
V
Victoria River (Australia)
Vitamin C
Volvariella volvacea
Von Müller, Ferdinand
Vontake
W
Wallaby
Well (water storage)
Windsor Castle (Madagascar)
Wine cellar
Wood
Wood extraction
World Parks Congress in Durban
X
Xanthopan morgani
Z
Za
Zaha
Zebu
Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park
Zoochory
Visitors to the sacred Tsitakakoiky Baobab at Andombiry must bring offerings of rum and tobacco. These gifts are used in a traditional rite performed at the base of the great tree. (L.J.)