baobab
Majmunsko hlebno drvo, džinovski visoko (do 20m) i debelo (do 9m) drvo sa osvežavajućim plodovima, raste u žarkim krajevima Afrike; plod, lišće i kora služe i kao lek, naročito protiv groznice (nl. Adansonia digitata).
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baobab
IPA: / baobˈab /ETYM The native name.
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and gourd-like fruit with edible pulp called monkey bread; SYN. monkey-bread tree, Adansonia digitata.
Huge W African, Indian and Australian tree, yielding rope fiber and edible fruit; monkey-bread tree.
Tree of the genus Adansonia, family Bombacaceae. It has rootlike branches, hence its nickname upside-down tree, and a disproportionately thick girth, up to 9 m/30 ft in diameter. The pulp of its fruit is edible and is known as monkey bread.
Baobabs may live for 1,000 years and are found in Africa and Australia.
Adansonia digitata · monkey-bread tree