What is the Adansonia Digitata?

Adansonia Digitata’s overall appearance is unusual. The trunk, which can be 30 feet in diameter, contains a soft wood that is often attacked by a fungus and hollows it out. Once hollow, the tree can be used as a meeting place or dwelling. The interior of the tree has even been used as a jail in Australia. Baobabs can live for thousands of years. The branches are short, thick and twisted. the stem is covered with a bark layer, which may be 50-100 mm thick. The bark is grayish brown and normally smooth but can often be variously folded and seamed from years of growth. The leaves are hand-sized and divided into 5-7 finger-like leaflets. Being deciduous, the leaves are dropped during the winter months and appear again in late spring or early summer. The large, pendulous flowers are white and sweetly scented. They emerge in the late afternoon from large round buds on long drooping stalks from October to December. The flowers fall within 24 hours, turning brown and smelling quite unpleasant. Pollination by fruit bats takes place at night.

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