Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

General Information Common Name  Grandidier's Baobab Scientific Name  Adansonia grandidieri Sun Tolerance  Full Sun Height  25-30 m (80-100 ft) Spread  up to 15 m (up to 50 ft) Growth Rate  Moderate Bloom Time  Spring Color  Green Flower Color  White Type  Tree Native  Africa

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Dilleniidae Order  Malvales Family  Bombacaceae – Kapok-tree family Genus  Adansonia L. – adansonia Species  A. grandidieri

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri common name is Grandidier's baobab. This is the biggest and most famous species of baobabs. This is also a long living tree like other species of baobabs. Grandidier's baobabs have massive cylindrical trunks. Grandidier's baobab used to inhabit dry, deciduous forest, especially near seasonal rivers or lakes. However, today it is mainly found in open, agricultural land or degraded scrubland.  The trunks store considerable water, as much as 1000 gallons have been tapped from one. The tree grows up to three meters across, covered with smooth, reddish-grey bark. They can reach 25 to 30 m (80-100 ft) in height. 

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

At certain times of the year the flat-topped crowns bear bluish-green palmate leaves.  At fall, the leaves will slowly begin to fall and at the end of December the Baobab will be completely dormant. When the tree is bare of leaves the branches look like roots sticking up, making it look as though it has been planted upside down. It blooms white flowers in mid spring. The seeds and the fruits pulp are also source of rich vitamin C like other Baobab, and cooking oil is extracted from the oil-rich seeds. The fruit is either collected from the ground, or wooden pegs are hammered into the trunk so the tree can be climbed to collect the fruit.

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab : Flower

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab : Flower

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab : Flower

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab : Seed

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab : Young Plant

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab

Adansonia grandidieri - Grandidier's baobab