baobab
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The Australian baobab, or gourd tree, grows in NW Australia. It has edible seeds, and the massive trunk is used as a source of water by animals and Aborigines.
Tree with rootlike branches, hence the nickname ‘upside-down tree’, and a disproportionately thick girth, up to 9 m/30 ft in diameter. The pulp of its fruit is edible and is known as monkey bread. (Genus Adansonia, family Bombacaceae.)
| Baobabs may live for up to 1,000 years and are found in Africa and Australia. |
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