Adansonia grandidieri Baill.

A large deciduous tree. It grows 30 m tall. It has a very large pole like trunk. It has only a few, short, stubby branches. It is bare of leaves for most of the year. It develops leaves during times of rain. The leaves have 5 small leaflets which are wavy at the edges. The flowers are small, erect and white. The seeds are large and oily.

Dry deciduous forest at low elevations, where it commonly occurs close to waterholes and rivers. Most mature trees are now found in degraded agricultural land.

The young leaves and fruit are eaten. The fruit pulp and seeds are eaten fresh. A cooking oil is extracted from the seeds.

Plants are grown from seeds.