African Baobab Tree

mdvaden · 21st November 2007, 05:52 PM

Ever heard of this tree before?

New one to me... I'm not sure what words I'd use to describe the trunk of this tree.

An image from Wikipedia Commons

Image:BaobabElephantBandia.JPG - Wikimedia Commons

And a brief page with several interesting photo thumbnails...

Adansonia digitata - Wikimedia Commons

I'm curious if anyone has acquired one of these in an area like California or Arizona.

Ekka...

A couple of those images, seem to be covered by a "limited" license allowing sharing. Maybe you can decipher, and post one image in a reply with the appropriate paragraph and credit.

kimtree · 21st November 2007, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdvaden

Ever heard of this tree before?

New one to me... I'm not sure what words I'd use to describe the trunk of this tree.

An image from Wikipedia Commons

Image:BaobabElephantBandia.JPG - Wikimedia Commons

And a brief page with several interesting photo thumbnails...

Adansonia digitata - Wikimedia Commons

I'm curious if anyone has acquired one of these in an area like California or Arizona.

Up in the kimberley area of western australia we have the Boab, Adansonia Gregorii.Recently a bush 1000 ha block was cleared and about 200 boabs were transplanted into town.Some with dbh of 1800mm mostly smaller,unfortunaly most we're damaged in transport due to being laid on their sides on semi trailers

Sean Freeman · 21st November 2007, 08:18 PM

A truely wonderful tree, saw many between Zimbabwe and Zambia in the mid 80's, the Oz boab Adansonia Gregorii is a great and versitile plant, the seeds are edible after some work, but more importantly the young seedlings harvested are fantastic as a clone for asparagus or spinach, I think thewre was a Landline report on a company or individual trying to kick off a business providing seeds. The beauty of the seedlings is of course they need very little inputs water etc to reach harvesting age...somewhat important given our current and predicted climate problems eh?

Ekka · 21st November 2007, 09:13 PM

Here's some facts for you

Boab trees and Bottle trees - confusion resolved

kimtree · 21st November 2007, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Freeman

A truely wonderful tree, saw many between Zimbabwe and Zambia in the mid 80's, the Oz boab Adansonia Gregorii is a great and versitile plant, the seeds are edible after some work, but more importantly the young seedlings harvested are fantastic as a clone for asparagus or spinach, I think thewre was a Landline report on a company or individual trying to kick off a business providing seeds. The beauty of the seedlings is of course they need very little inputs water etc to reach harvesting age...somewhat important given our current and predicted climate problems eh?

Thats up here in Kununurra,they grow them to the small stage[like parsnip] you eat the root supposed to be crunchy and good in stir fry cooking also boab chocolate,haven't tried either myself
did try normal boab nut, once is enough

21st November 2007, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
mdvaden Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 543	African Baobab Tree Ever heard of this tree before? New one to me... I'm not sure what words I'd use to describe the trunk of this tree. An image from Wikipedia Commons Image:BaobabElephantBandia.JPG - Wikimedia Commons And a brief page with several interesting photo thumbnails... Adansonia digitata - Wikimedia Commons I'm curious if anyone has acquired one of these in an area like California or Arizona. Ekka... A couple of those images, seem to be covered by a "limited" license allowing sharing. Maybe you can decipher, and post one image in a reply with the appropriate paragraph and credit. __________________ ____________________________________ Grove of Redwood TITANS Oregon BIGOOT trap

21st November 2007, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: African Baobab Tree A truely wonderful tree, saw many between Zimbabwe and Zambia in the mid 80's, the Oz boab Adansonia Gregorii is a great and versitile plant, the seeds are edible after some work, but more importantly the young seedlings harvested are fantastic as a clone for asparagus or spinach, I think thewre was a Landline report on a company or individual trying to kick off a business providing seeds. The beauty of the seedlings is of course they need very little inputs water etc to reach harvesting age...somewhat important given our current and predicted climate problems eh? __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

21st November 2007, 09:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,915	Re: African Baobab Tree Here's some facts for you Boab trees and Bottle trees - confusion resolved __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

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