Examples of baobab

• Six of the eight species of baobab in the world grow on Madagascar. 

• The whole point is coral, and the soil is red, and covered over with dense tropical vegetation, in which the baobab is conspicuous. 

• They rode at a walk, now, till they came to a very large baobab tree, growing by the path they were following. 

• Depending on the species, baobabs develop in widely varying ecosystems, including arid zones and savannahs, as well as dry and wet forests.

• The finding of puparia about the baobab on the hill supra, *no. 9) supports this view, as this tree was away from the river and winter shade.

• The elephant and the baobab tree represent nature and the backbone of the country.

• The baobab tree, for instance, relies almost exclusively on fruit bats to pollinate its flowers.

• Baobab trees can live to be thousands of years old.