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<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Baudouinia fluggeiformis''</td>
<td>Mpanjakabenitanyor Mpanjakaben' ny tany</td><td>Shrub or tree 15m high in hight 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 bottom 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 degraded dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from August to December, fruiting from September to May.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cedrelopsis grevei''</td>
<td>Katrafay</td>
<td>Tree of 5m to 22m in height and 10cm to 50cm in diameter. Its greyish-brown bark is cracked and has a characteristic odor. Its clear-yellow and hard wood is very valued for joinery. Its deciduous, hollow leaves grouped on the summit of the twig have various healing powers. The small flowers are yellow. The fruit capsules turn black when ripe. Essential oil (katrafay oil) resulting from the bark is used in traditional medicine and in aromatherapy. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dense dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from September to December, fruiting from October to January.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Rhopalocarpus similis''</td>
<td>Hazondringitra</td>
<td>Tree 20m in height and 10cm in diameter. This deciduous tree has simple, oval leaves with a more or less dark reddish upper side and a light green bottom side. The small flowers are grouped in a cymose umbel <!-- blütenständige Dolde --> with four sepals. Ripe fruits are black. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>In dense dry deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Tree rich in mucilage (viscous fluid). Flowering during the rainy season: November to April, fruiting in the dry season.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Strychnos spinosa''</td>
<td>Mokotra </td>
<td>Quite small tree with thorns and opposite leaves. Small white flowers with fused corollas <!-- Blumenkronen -->. Large woody fruits with edible pulp. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>On grassy savannas or savanna woodlands.</td>
<td>Flowering in the wet season and fruiting in the dry season.</td></tr>
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