Khorasani Imli (Tamarind) Tree, in sunset light
In Mandu (Mandavgarh) you see numerous such trees all over. Such trees are also lining the roads. These are basically Baobab trees - a native tree of Africa. Local lore has it that the Caliphs of Egypt exchanged gifts with the Mandu sultans sometime around the 14th century. The Mandu sultans sent talking parrots to which the caliphs sent Baobab tree seeds and saplings. These were then planted by the Sultans in the rocky soil of Mandu over 500 years ago! Today you see numerous such trees all over Mandu, normally these trees are not seen in anywhere in India. The tree has a wide trunk and branches at the top. It is said to be a storehouse of water which it uses it's swollen trunk for. In Africa, during times of severe drought, the trunk is tapped to access large supplies of drinking water! The fruit looks like a swollen pod, and is called Khorasani Imli(Inset).
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Khorasani Imli (Tamarind) Tree, in sunset light
In Mandu (Mandavgarh) you see numerous such trees all over. Such trees are also lining the roads. These are basically Baobab trees - a native tree of Africa. Local lore has it that the Caliphs of Egypt exchanged gifts with the Mandu sultans sometime around the 14th century. The Mandu sultans sent talking parrots to which the caliphs sent Baobab tree seeds and saplings. These were then planted by the Sultans in the rocky soil of Mandu over 500 years ago! Today you see numerous such trees all over Mandu, normally these trees are not seen in anywhere in India. The tree has a wide trunk and branches at the top. It is said to be a storehouse of water which it uses it's swollen trunk for. In Africa, during times of severe drought, the trunk is tapped to access large supplies of drinking water! The fruit looks like a swollen pod, and is called Khorasani Imli(Inset).
dharmajits.blogspot.in/2010/10/musings-from-heart.html