BAOBAB TREE

 This giant, strange looking tree grows in low-lying areas all over Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.The Baobab has nine different species. It belongs to the genus Adansonia . There are only two species native to the African mainland, which are the Adansonia digitata and the Adansonia kilima. Six of the other species can be located in Madagascar and another in Australia.                        The baobab tree can grow to enormous sizes and can live up to 3,000 years.One baobab tree contains 4,500 liters (or 1,189 gallons) of water. This massive tree is known as the tree of life. The baobab, also called “mother of the forest” and Because of its trunk filled with water, the baobab is also called “bottle tree”.