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Adansonia digitata

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

This baobab is in the village and is roughly 1000 years. I've seen blogs stating it was 3000, but that would make the 2000 year old tree, even older.

Notes:

During the dry season they lose their leaves and look very much like a tree with roots reaching for the sky

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Two, very beautiful tree photos, and two, very beautiful, landscape photos....very beautiful colors....
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PublishedJune 1, 2014

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