Baobab (Adansonia)

The upside-down tree of African savannas, storing tons of water in a trunk that lives millennia.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Its barrel trunk can hold over a hundred thousand litres of water against the dry season.
• Radiocarbon dating has put individual trees beyond two thousand years.
• Bare branches like roots earned it the name "upside-down tree" in savanna folklore.

Specifications & Metrics

• FAMILY: Malvaceae
• LIFESPAN: 1,000 – 2,500 years