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The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar

Common name: Baobab, Cream of Tartar tree, Monkey-bread tree, Lemonade tree, {Vavababa वावबाब, Gorakh Chinch गोरख चिंच (Marathi)}, Papparappuli பப்பரப்புளி, Periyamaravakai பெரியமரவகை (Tamil)

Botanical name: Adansonia digitata - [ (ad-an-SOH-nee-uh) named for Michel Adanson, 18th century French surgeon, botanist and naturalist; (dig-ee-TAH-tuh) or (dij-ee-TAH-tuh) meaning finger ] Synonyms: Adansonia baobab, Adansonia situla, Adansonia somalensis, Adansonia sphaerocarpa, Adansonia sulcata Family: Bombacaceae (baobab family)

Origin: northeastern, central and southern Africa

Baobab trunks become very large, and sometimes hollow out over time, prompting people to use them as houses, prisons, bars, storage barns, and even as bus stops.

A trunk circumference of 62 feet has been reported in this species.

Courtesy: - Top Tropicals - Dave's Garden - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - ZipCode Zoo - EcoPort - A Dictionary - Marathi and English - Tamil Lexicon

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Source Gorakh Chinch (Marathi: गोरख चिंच)
Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location19° 19′ 46.03″ N, 72° 49′ 08.72″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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