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Adansonia digitata L.

African baobab; monkey-bread tree; upside-down tree; cream of tartar tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Affenbrotbaum
English African baobab; monkey-bread tree; upside-down tree; cream of tartar tree
Français Baobab africain
Italiano Affenbrotbaum
Suomi Affenbrotbaum
Norsk Affenbrotbaum
Čeština Affenbrotbaum
Español Affenbrotbaum
Svenska Affenbrotbaum
Polski Affenbrotbaum
Український Affenbrotbaum
Român Affenbrotbaum
Русский Affenbrotbaum
Български Affenbrotbaum
EESTI Affenbrotbaum
日本語 Affenbrotbaum
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Kenya; Sierra Leone; Zambia; Java [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Gambia; Dominican Republic [I]; Jamaica [I]; Nepal [I]; Benin; Thailand [I]; Ghana; Tanzania; India [I]; Mauritania; Venezuela [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [I] (Juan de Nova Isl. [I]); Angola; Seychelles [I]; N-Cameroon; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Ethiopia; Botswana; Burkina Faso; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Fujian [I], Yunnan [I]); Philippines [c]; Principe Isl.; Namibia; Mozambique; Togo; Yemen (SW-Yemen); Puerto Rico [I]; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Senegal; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); South Sudan; Sri Lanka [I]; Mali; Malawi; Niger; Congo [Brazzaville]; Zimbabwe; Annobon Isl.; Bangladesh [I]; Nigeria; Sudan; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Uganda; Haiti [I]; Madagascar [I]; Central African Republic; São Tomé; Oman (Dhofar); South Africa (Limpopo, Northern Prov.); Chad; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]); S-Somalia; Eritrea
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Adansonia
Species digitata
Author citation L.
Scientific name Adansonia digitata L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Leaves

African baobab; monkey-bread tree; upside-down tree; cream of tartar tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson