Baobab
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Tree of Life, Upside down tree, The Monkey Bread Tree, Tree of Knowledge, Koonya (in Zarma), Kuka (in Haoussa)

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Common Name: Baobab
Latin Name: Adansonia digitata
Nicknames: Tree of Life, Upside down tree, The Monkey Bread Tree, Tree of Knowledge, Koonya (in Zarma), Kuka (in Haoussa)
Family: Bombaceae
Age: Can live up to 2,000 years
Height: 20-24m, the diameter of the trunk can reach 8-9m (people have even been known to live inside the trunk!)

 

Our favourite quality: Well, the Baobab is pretty much the great-grandfather of all trees: the protector, the provider, "the cream of the tree crop"!

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