Baobab trees in Madagascar at sunset. (Image credit: Getty Images / Mint Images RF) The iconic, "upside-down" baobab tree first emerged on the island of Madagascar, new research into its tangled ...

Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.

The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Credit: AP/Aaron Ufumeli. By The Associated PressUpdated September 18, 2024.

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The baobab tree looks almost alien in the modern environment, and no wonder, considering these plants first emerged around 200 million years ago when dinosaurs were making their debut.

Baobab trees get their nickname from the huge variety of uses for their bark and fruit, from medicine to food to paper, and their own ability to live for centuries — as long as 3,000 years!

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty products. Skip to content. Local News. Traffic Lab; ...