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L’Africa è un continente troppo grande per poterlo descrivere.

E’ un vero e proprio oceano, un pianeta a parte, un cosmo eterogeneo e ricchissimo.

E’ solo per semplificare, per pura comodità che lo chiamiamo Africa.

In realtà, a parte la sua denominazione geografica, l’Africa non esiste.

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Senegal - Mbour - febbraio 2009

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L'allée de baobabs de Morondava (Madagascar).

Baobab Tree

Tarangire National Park

Sydney Botanical Gardens botanical name Adansonia gregorii.

The bulb of the tree tree was a source of water for indigenous Australians. Can grow to be as old as 1500 years and the girth can be up to 20 metres.

Finished with engines - Garrett No 414 at Hwange Colliery.

 

Zimbabwe. June 2018. © David Hill

Baobab, Adansonia rubrostipa

Reniala Reserve, South Madagascar

Árvore com cerca de 1200 anos, 7 mt de altura por 12 de diâmetro.

This biggest baobab has over 1200 years with her 7 meters of height and 12 meters of circumference.

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Tanzania, Africa

 

Adansonia digitata (Baobab)

 

Common names for the baobab include dead-rat tree (from the appearance of the fruit), monkey-bread tree (the soft, dry fruit is edible), upside-down tree (the sparse branches resemble roots) and cream of tartar tree (cream of tartar).

Hotel Baobab Pool

Tanzania, Serengeti NP

Grootberg Lodge, Damaraland - Grootberg Plateau , 9000 Damaraland (Namibia)

The tree of African legends and pride is called the baobab tree. It's massive trunk stores huge amounts of water. Sometimes called the upside down tree, it's branches look like roots. The tree produces wonderful fruit that are known to be packed full of nutrients.

 

Africans cherish the tree as legends say that it is a symbol of strength, wisdom and long life. It is a sacred link to their glorious past.

 

I have been in Africa quite a few times and this is the only time I have seen this tree close up. I heard of its fame and was thrilled to have a few moments to admire it.

 

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The vast landscape with a very nice Baobab coming into leaf on road between Punda Maria and Pafuri, Kruger National Park, South Africa

The African Baobab tree (Adansonia Digitata) is one of my favourite trees.

 

Since they don't grow very well here in the Western Cape... I was delighted to have the opportunity to photograph some very fine specimens growing on the banks of the Zambezi river... a few hundred meters above the Victoria Falls.

 

Legend has it that the "Great Spirit" (God) decided to give a tree to each of the animals on earth. Only the evil hyena was left with no tree. When he complained, the Spirit said, "You can have this last Baobab seedling, but you must change your evil ways." The hyena grabbed the Baobab tree in anger and shoved it (branches first) into the ground. To this day many people call the Baobab the "upside down tree."

 

Any way you look at it... the Baobab is one of Nature's truly remarkable creations. Making the most of its scarce resources... the Baobab flourishes and even produces fruit on the semi-arid savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa. In fact... the Baobab is among the largest and longest-lived trees on earth. It survives prolonged droughts by storing water in its giant, fibrous, sponge-like trunk, which can be up to nine meters across.

 

The trunk can be hollowed out to make a shelter, or be cut into water containers. When in leaf, the Baobab produces an edible fruit that has the highest concentration of Vitamin C of any plant. The leaves themselves are rich in Vitamin A, and the shade of those leaves and branches provides a relatively cool refuge for other living things in the sub-Saharan heat.

 

Nikon D800, Nikkor 14-24 at 14mm, aperture of f/11, with a 1/60th second exposure.

 

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Baobab Tree in the midday sun, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

FFBB9203 Ruaha, Tanzania

The shot is a bit tight, can't remember why I did that. Oh well, I still like it :-)

Captured for Tre-mendous Tuesday. HTT everyone!

 

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Kruger National Park, South Africa

July-August 2019

Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud

juillet-août 2019

At Kubu Island....Botswana !

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Baobab Trees

  

Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

This photo is showing a bit of the landscape in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania with many Baobab trees in certain areas. It was the dry season, which is better for viewing animals. The rains were expected in November and we were told that when the rain comes, everything turns green very quickly. It must be beautiful when the Baobab trees have leaves.

 

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The mother of the forest

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