Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Baobab trees get their nickname from the huge variety of uses for their bark and fruit, from medicine to food to paper, and their own ability to live for centuries — as long as 3,000 years!

Baobab trees are known for their unique appearance, and they make excellent bonsai trees due to their distinctive shape and thick trunk. Growing a baobab bonsai tree can be challenging, but with ...

Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.

The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Credit: AP/Aaron Ufumeli. By The Associated PressUpdated September 18, 2024.

A packet of a kilogram of baobab powder sells for around 27 euros in Germany. In the United Kingdom, a 100-milliliter bottle of baobab beauty oil can fetch 25 pounds (about $33).

The claim: There is a pub inside a 2,000-year-old South African tree. Social media users are sharing images of an otherworldly looking bar said to be located inside an ancient tree.

Many of us first learned of this tree when reading “The Little Prince,” that classic children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 53°F.

Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first ...