Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: ghost-men

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)

Distribution: Madagascar

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Deciduous perennial

Comments: P. geayi is often confused with the more common Pachypodium lamerei, but easily distinguished by having thinner leaves accented with a prominent midrib of a different colour than the rest of the leaf and in the hairs which adorn the young branches and the leaves.