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Grandidier’s
baobab tree
Renala: mother of the forest
Renala is the name locals have given me I am a strange-looking but
fascinating tree and I live
out of respect. I have a huge trunk covered in Madagascar. I am named
after the French botanist and
with smooth bark that can be up to three explorer Alfred Grandidier.
I am Grandidier’s baobab.
metres thick. My flattened top is covered
; L fe cycle: perennial
with leaves, dark brown buds, and
strikingly beautiful white flowers Bio
according to season. We are H
eight brothers in our ght:
family and six i
25 m
of us live in
ei
Madagascar.
Blast from
the past
Grandidier’s baobab has
five brothers living in
Madagascar, one in Australia,
and one in Africa. African
folklore says that after
creation, each animal was
given a tree to plant and the
hyena planted the baobab
upside down!
10–11
baobab tree
Renala: mother of the forest
Renala is the name locals have given me I am a strange-looking but
fascinating tree and I live
out of respect. I have a huge trunk covered in Madagascar. I am named
after the French botanist and
with smooth bark that can be up to three explorer Alfred Grandidier.
I am Grandidier’s baobab.
metres thick. My flattened top is covered
; L fe cycle: perennial
with leaves, dark brown buds, and
strikingly beautiful white flowers Bio
according to season. We are H
eight brothers in our ght:
family and six i
25 m
of us live in
ei
Madagascar.
Blast from
the past
Grandidier’s baobab has
five brothers living in
Madagascar, one in Australia,
and one in Africa. African
folklore says that after
creation, each animal was
given a tree to plant and the
hyena planted the baobab
upside down!
10–11
