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<td>Maciba</td>
<td>Herbaceous liana, with spirally arranged leaves. Small greenish flowers with six petals grouped in a cluster. Roots are edible tubers up to 1m long. Non-endemic.</td>
<td>In the dense dry dense deciduous forests.</td>
<td>Flowering from December to February, fruiting from January to April.</td></tr>
<td>Mpanjakabenitany</td>
<td>Shrub or tree 15m high 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 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 the degraded dry dense 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>
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