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'''''Alluaudia comosa''''' is a rare species of flowering plant belonging to the sub-family [[Didiereaceae]], a group that is found only in the coastal area of SW Madagascar<ref name=Raun1983>Rauh, W. 1983. The morphology and systematic position of the Didiereaceae of Madagascar. Blumea 14(3/4): 839–843. </ref>. ''Didierea comosa'' Drake is a synomym<ref>Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Jul 2019 <https://ift.tt/2JgNPN0>.
==Description==
It has a distinctive, easily recognized silhouette with a short trunk and dense branches that stop in a flat crown<ref name =succ>Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Didiereaceae/35431/Alluaudia_comosa></ref>. This is a deciduous shrub to small tree 2-6(-10) metres tall<ref name =succ/> that is woody, semi-succulent and spiny, with spines set singly<ref name=Raun1983/>. Spines are grey and 1.5-3.5 cm long<ref name =succ/>. Leaves are developed mostly in pairs, set on a short stalk (petiole), dying off at the beginning of the dry season<ref name=Raun1983/>. They are rounded (10-22 mm X 10 mm) and fleshy<ref name =succ/>.
==Flowers==
Flowers are produced on a reduced inflorescence in ''Alluaudia comosa''; only the end flower develops, and is set on a very short axis. Flowers are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants)<ref name=Raun1983/>.
==References==
==Description==
It has a distinctive, easily recognized silhouette with a short trunk and dense branches that stop in a flat crown<ref name =succ>Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Didiereaceae/35431/Alluaudia_comosa></ref>. This is a deciduous shrub to small tree 2-6(-10) metres tall<ref name =succ/> that is woody, semi-succulent and spiny, with spines set singly<ref name=Raun1983/>. Spines are grey and 1.5-3.5 cm long<ref name =succ/>. Leaves are developed mostly in pairs, set on a short stalk (petiole), dying off at the beginning of the dry season<ref name=Raun1983/>. They are rounded (10-22 mm X 10 mm) and fleshy<ref name =succ/>.
==Flowers==
Flowers are produced on a reduced inflorescence in ''Alluaudia comosa''; only the end flower develops, and is set on a very short axis. Flowers are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants)<ref name=Raun1983/>.
==References==
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