Operculicarya pachypus

Operculicarya pachypus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Operculicarya
Species:	O. pachypus
Binomial name
Operculicarya pachypus Eggli

Operculicarya pachypus, also known as elephant bush, is a species of Operculicarya native to Madagascar. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group. (2015). "Operculicarya pachypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T68002823A68036085. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T68002823A68036085.en . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
2. Urs Eggli (1995) , In: Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Ser. 4, 17(3-4): 156
3. WoS (2019-05-16). "Operculicarya pachypus". World of Succulents. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
4. Randrianasolo, Armand; Lowry II, Porter P. (2006). "Operculicarya (Anacardiaceae) revisited: an updated taxonomic treatment for Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Adansonia, sér. 3. 28 (2). Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris: 359–371.