Didiereaceae

Madagascan ocotillo

Alluaudia procera (Drake) Drake

Family: Didiereaceae
Genus: Alluaudia

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Madagascan ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) — FlowerPhoto: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 亚龙木, 大苍岩龙
English: Madagascan ocotillo, Octopus tree
French: Arbre Pieuvre
Malagasy: Fantiolotsy, Fantsihoditra, Fantsiholitra, Fantsiholotra, Fantsilosy, Fantsilotra, Fantsilotse, Fantsiolotra

Synonyms

Didierea procera Drake

Photos

FlowerPhoto: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rova ANDRIAMAMONJY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: branjavao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Francisca Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.