Even more impressive is that the trunk alone can reach a width of 20 feet and the canopy can reach 60 feet wide. The largest baobab tree growing in the U.S. can be found at the University of ...

Growing for up to 5000 years, its trunk can grow to a diameter of 11 metres. In Modjadjiskloof, South Africa, a baobab tree was large enough to be hollowed out to contain a pub. African Baobab in ...

The baobab’s canopy provides much needed shelter for people and wildlife that share the sun-scorched plains it lives on. The tree’s leaves can be cooked and eaten like spinach, the bark is ...

The fleshy fruit The Baobab is sometimes called the “upside-down tree” because its branches, when sans leaves, look like roots sticking up into the air or the “bottle tree” as its trunk swells up ...

Did you know that the Baobab tree is also known as the "Tree ... These trees are characterised by their stout, swollen trunk, which can store water to survive harsh dry weather conditions, and ...