What is special about the baobab tree?

Over time, the Baobab has adapted to its environment. It is a succulent, which means that during the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as “The Tree of Life”.

What is the most famous tree in Madagascar?

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Adansonia grandidieri is the biggest and most famous of Madagascar’s six species of baobabs. It is sometimes known as Grandidier’s baobab or giant baobab. In French it is called Baobab malgache. The local name is renala or reniala (Malagasy for “mother of the forest”).

What trees are famous in Madagascar?

The baobab trees, known locally as renala (Malagasy for “mother of the forest”), are up to 2,800 years old. They are a legacy of the dense tropical forests that once thrived on Madagascar.

What are the weird trees in Madagascar?

This strange yet magnificent tree is found only on the island of Madagascar. Known locally as the renala and sometimes referred to as ‘mother of the forest’, Grandidier’s baobabs have huge, cylindrical or bulbous trunks that can grow up to three metres across and are covered with smooth, grey bark.

Why is the baobab tree called the upside down tree?

Adansonia digitata, more commonly known as Baobab tree is an instantly recognisable figure of African landscape. Standing proud, this species of tree is often referred to as the ‘upside-down tree’ because it looks as though it’s been planted with it’s roots sticking up!

What is the national tree of Madagascar?

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Real emblem of Malagasy flora, the baobab is a majestic and sacred tree that counts eight species. Six of them only grow in Madagascar.

What are the Madagascar trees called?

The baobab
Six species live in the drier parts of Madagascar, two in mainland Africa, one in Australia and three in India, Ranchi. The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar. Other common names include ‘boab’, ‘boaboa’, ‘bottle tree’, ‘the tree of life’, ‘upside-down tree’, and ‘monkey bread tree’.

Are baobab trees going extinct?

Not extinctBaobab / Extinction status

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