How did they get these strange names? The largest and most striking tree in the Flower Dome, the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata), also known as the Upside Down Tree, is one of nature's most ...

Unfortunately for the tree, the trunk can provide water for ... which is essential for a plant that lives in savannah. Baobab ...

The lotus flower holds a central place in Hinduism ... hope, and community. The Baobab Tree (African Traditional Religions) The Baobab tree, native to the African savannah, is a symbol of life ...

It also produces large aromatic flowers up to seven inches wide and some trees also produce fruit. It is said that the African Baobab tree has fruits appealing to baboons and is thus nicknamed ...

Baobab trees live to be very old and grow to be very tall. The Sunland “Big baobab” in Limpopo Province in South Africa reached 22 metres high and 47 metres in circumference before it toppled ...

Read a timeless African tale from Togo, where humanity and nature intertwine in a cosmic symphony of shared origins and ...

They can survive prolonged droughts thanks to their ability to store water in their huge trunks, which can attain a diameter of 10 metres or more ...

The traditional story of The Baobab Tree is told by Jan Blake, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Sidiki Dembélé and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Narrator: Come to a magical ...

It is noted that naturally, the earliest flowering of a baobab tree took at least 14 years in West Africa with elsewhere taking 17-27 years, but the re-engineering is making waves reducing flowering ...