Plants of Madagascar
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Madagascar has some of the world's most unique plants. 85% of the island’s plants are found nowhere else in the world, and many are very precious.
The rosy periwinkle has a substance that fights childhood leukemia.
The Alluaudia procera has very hard spines but it is strange because it can’t prick lemurs.
The Euphorbia Viguieri is a beautiful plant.
An Aloe Vaombe is one of the tallest Aloes and is almost ten feet tall.
The Moist cucurbitaceae has fat coin-likes leaves.
The Adansonia Grandidieri is
the largest of the baobabs.