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Double trunked Baobab

Adansonia za

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large tree

Habitat:

spiny desert

Notes:

spotted this while hiking in Ifaty, 27km north of Toliara

Reference Links:

Adansonia

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Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
No, iprat they don't. It's really rare and this was the only one I saw like this. I did see a triple trunked baobab as well, which I think must be even more rare. Thanks Ummu, sorry I missed your comment so long ago.
jprat001
they don't usually double trunk like that do they?

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PublishedApril 18, 2011

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