People are interested in rare things, especially when those things are the result of the nature.
One of the most rare results of the nature is the Baobab Trees that can only be found in Madagascar.
This species of baobab is one of the species that are almost extinct, with about 1,000 years old. Originally from Madagascar, many of these trees reach a height of over 80m, and the trunks are even 25 [m] in circumference. The 100 franc banknote in Madagascar has printed the flowers of this type of tree, which only last for 24 hours. When drought occurs, swollen trunks of baobab trees store and supply water.
The branches of the Baobab Trees are similar to the roots, hence the name "tree with the head down". It is also called the "barrel tree" and that is because it has an excessively thick trunk, the largest one us almost 10 meters in diameter. The trunk of the baobab is different from the trunk of other trees in the way that it is soft, fibrous and wet. The pulp of its fruit is edible, being known as "the monkey's bread".
It is part of the plants that have a long life: it can live even a few thousand years.
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