Givotia madagascariensis, locally known as farafatsy, is a commercially valuable softwood tree endemic to the southwestern MadagascarLemmens, R.H.M.J.; Louppe, D.; Oteng-Amoako, A.A. Timbers 2. PROTA. . province formally known as Toliara Province.
It is in the genus Givotia of the family Euphorbiaceae.PlantList at Kew Gardens lists this plant at http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-89909 Locals use it in building canoes and in folk medicine, and it has been investigated for antitumor substances.
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