How do you pronounce Baobab?
How do you pronounce Baobab in Africa?
The pronunciation of baobab is quite straightforward provided you remember that the first ‘a’ sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘yay’. As a matter of interest, the farm where my Grandmother was born in northern South Africa had lots of baobab trees.
What does Baobab mean?
: a broad-trunked tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope also : any of several related trees chiefly of Madagascar and Australia.
Why is the baobab tree called the Tree of Life?
Over time, the Baobab has adapted to its environment. It is a succulent, which means that during the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as “The Tree of Life“.