The African baobab is one of the continent’s best-known trees, with its massive trunk and branches that look like roots raised to the sky. It grows mainly in seasonally dry tropical landscapes, and is native across tropical and southern Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and down to South Africa, as well as the southern Arabian Peninsula.
The species was first described scientifically in 1759. In many places baobabs are landmarks and gathering places, and the tree appears in the stories and symbols of many communities. That knowledge belongs to those communities; the Living Earth district will add it only with their participation and credit.
Its global conservation status has not been confirmed for this page.