Baobab | The New Super Tree
What is Baobab? | A Brief Introduction
Trees, although mostly taken for granted, supply all living resources with life-giving oxygen, food, and then some.
Everybody knows the importance of trees to humankind. There are countless benefits we can get from trees, such as using them for food, shelter, medicine, paper, etc. But apart from its common benefits, there are certain varieties of trees that are deemed as ‘supertrees’, earning the title ‘the tree of life’ because of a vast number of uses, from the roots to the leaves. One famous example is Baobab tree. What is Baobab? Commonly seen in the savannas of India and Africa, the tree can live for thousands of years and can grow beyond 25 meters. This tree is gaining popularity even outside of its native land, being a source of food, water storage container and many medicinal properties.