baobab

Kibwezi is one of the three regions in the country where baobabs are found, the others being at the Coast and in Mutomo, Kitui County.Initially, Makueni residents would harvest the fruits and eat them or leave them to rot on the trees.

The experts said the baobabs come from a very hot area in the north of Australia and are very well suited to the Dubai climate.

Baobabs are among the world's longest-living trees and can survive for upwards of 2,000 years.

Nine of the 13 oldest baobabs, aged between 1,000 and 2,500 years, have died over the past dozen years, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Plants.

A team of scientists says five of the six largest baobabs in Africa have died in the past 12 years or have started collapsing.

"We suspect that the demise of monumental baobabs may be

We were also able to visit two special baobabs in Morondava, the Sacred Baobab and the Baobab Amoureux.

African baobabs are also found in various parts of the Indian Ocean region, in India, Sri Lanka and coastal Pakistan; the southern Arabian Peninsula and southern Iran; the Comoros islands, north-west Madagascar and the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Reunion; Malaysia and Indonesia; and across the Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean islands and parts of sub-tropical South America.

Baobabs can attain a height of thirty metres, and grow to vast circumferences of up to forty-seven metres.

The baobabs are a stem-succulent tree native to the dry regions of tropical Africa, Australia and Madagascar but dispersed widely by human activities.

E.; Lowe P., (2008), The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia, Springer Wickens, G.E.

There is a lesser known natural product from West Africa that has tremendous potential to improve nutrition and empower communities: Baobab. Known as the “Tree of Life” in Africa for its myriad uses, Baobabs are the dominant feature of the semi-arid savannah landscape.