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Toliara, Madagascar

Our last stop in South Madagascar before returning to the capital, Antananaviro, was Toliara. Our hotel was next to Arboretum d'Antsokay. We spent a couple of hours there on a tour of the grounds. They have a small museum with an excellent collection of old pictures, folk music instruments, mineral rocks, and sea shells. This arboretum is definitely worth the visit.

They also have an uncovered very large pen for a few land tortoises:

Tortoise
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Trees and Plants

The bark of this tree is medicinal:

medicinal tree bark
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Adansonia Rubrostipa tree:

Andansonia Rubrostipa tree
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Alluaudia Procera plant:

Alluaudia Procera plant
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Euphorbia Oncoclada:

Euphorbia Oncoclada plant
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Operculicarya Pachypus Anacardiacea Jabihy plant:

Operculicarya Pachypus Anacardiacea Jabihy plant
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Pachypodium Lamereiramosum plant:

Pacypodium Lamereiramosum plant
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