🌳 The African Baobab is native to the Savannah regions of Africa. These giants tower up to 100ft (30m) tall with enormous hollowed-out trunks in older individuals and provide sustenance and shelter for both humans and wildlife. They are angiosperms, boasting flowers and seeds covered by a carpel, and are renowned for their remarkable drought resistance. In the wet season, they produce edible hanging fruits known as ubuyu (in Swahili) and deciduous foliage that they shed in the dry season. Their

African baobab leaves are valued for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But over-harvesting threatens the trees. An initiative is raising awareness and planting new seedlings. | DW Africa