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 ...

Baobab tree trunks can hold up to 10,000 litres of rainwater in their hollow spaces, which supplements water resources during times of drought. Because they are so large, distinctive and shady ...

Hence one of its nicknames: the "upside down tree." But the origins and history of the baobab - found in Madagascar and parts of Africa and Australia - have been something of a mystery.

The tale of how a tree crossed the Indian Ocean to put down roots in two distant destinations is dramatic. It appears that baobab seed pods floated from Madagascar to mainland Africa, located ...