Adansonia digitata- Baobab Trees in India.....

[J.M. Garg]

One of our member is actually looking for the Baobab Trees in India....

I have seen one at Agrihorticulture Society in Alipore, though don't have any pictures. Anymore details from other places in India?

 

Here is some inf. & a picture from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata

 

Baobab tree in Tanzania

Adansonia digitata, the baobab, is the most widespread of the Adansonia species on the African continent, found in the hot, dry regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Other members of the genus are found in Australia and Madagascar. Some large individuals live to well over a thousand years of age. The tree bears large, heavy white flowers. The fruits are filled with pulp that dries, hardens, and falls to pieces which look like chunks of powdery, dry bread.

The specific epithet digitata refers to the fingers of a hand, which the five leaflets (typically) in each cluster bring to mind.

Adansonia digitata is known by many names, the most common of which is baobab. It is also known as the 'dead-rat tree' (from the appearance of the fruits), 'monkey-bread tree' (the soft, dry fruit is edible), 'upside-down tree' (the sparse branches resemble roots) and cream of tartar tree.

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[J.M. Garg]

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From: ranjini kamath <ranj...@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 4, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Indiantreepix] Adansonia digitata- Baobab Trees in India.....
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Gargji     There is a Baobab tree in Lalbagh Botanical
Garden,Bangalore.This to the right of the circle between the
Glass-house & the entrance to the garden from the Double Road end.
    Regards
                    Ranjini Kamath

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:56 PM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of our member is actually looking for the Baobab Trees in India....
> I have seen one at Agrihorticulture Society in Alipore, though don't have
> any pictures. Anymore details from other places in India?
>
> Here is some inf. & a picture from Wikipedia
> link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata
>
>
>

[MJaCOb]

Some Locations of the Baobab....

1. North Wall, Jain Temple, next to Bus Depot , Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. A cobbler uses the ample base of the trunk of this tree to display his wares!

2. Takka Village, Panvel, Raigad District, Maharashtra. The huge hollow formed at the base has been tiled and semicircular brick seating constructed within... to accomodate 4 to 6 persons inside!

regards,

jacob.

 

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[Shivakumar N.]

Listed below are some of the stray information that needs confirmation of the

Baobab trees still standing......viz. If anybody has info please.

1. There supposed to be one large fellow still standing in a .....Garden of Bombay!!!.

2. One tree is located in one of the University of Pune. Which University and is it still out there?

3. On the outskirts of Aurangabad, on the route towards and further Ellora a few have been mentioned.

N.Shiva Kumar

 

[satish phadke]

In fact I was waiting for somebody to post a photograph of this tree.
In Pune There are a lot of these trees.The older ones....
1) On Tilak Road at Madiwale colony square.
2)University of Pune
3)"Niisargasevak" has few plantations in "Smriti Udyan" on Paud Road.
4)On Ghole road near Dr. M. J. Joshi's hospital.
I have yet to photograph one.
In Nashik Maharashtra there are two trees.
Satish

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[bindu kapadia]

Well in Mumbai, there is

one standing on SV Rd santacruz west near the corner of Podar School.

One at  SV Rd Vileparle near the corner of the road leading to Vileparle station.

Regards,

Bindu

[Vasant Barve]

Right in front of Pune University main building there is a beautiful tree.

The tree on Tilak & Bajirao road junction has slightly different characteristics as compared to University tree.

In Auragabad there is one in police quarters. On roar from aurangpura to engineering college near Samarth nagar

In Battish shirala near Karad (famous for snakes). there five good samples.

Many road side vaidus sell fruits as medicine. They call this as GORAKH IMLI. It is also known as bottle tree.

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[Kshounish Sankar Ray]

I think there is one in the Kolkata Zoo, near the macaw aviary.

Kshounish

 

[Soma Jha]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Kshounish Sankar Ray <kshoun...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think there is one in the Kolkata Zoo, near the macaw aviary.

Kshounish

 

On 4/4/08, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

One of our member is actually looking for the Baobab Trees in India....

I have seen one at Agrihorticulture Society in Alipore, though don't have any pictures. Anymore details from other places in India?

 

Here is some inf. & a picture from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata

 

Baobab tree in Tanzania

Adansonia digitata, the baobab, is the most widespread of the Adansonia species on the African continent, found in the hot, dry regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Other members of the genus are found in Australia and Madagascar. Some large individuals live to well over a thousand years of age. The tree bears large, heavy white flowers. The fruits are filled with pulp that dries, hardens, and falls to pieces which look like chunks of powdery, dry bread.

The specific epithet digitata refers to the fingers of a hand, which the five leaflets (typically) in each cluster bring to mind.

Adansonia digitata is known by many names, the most common of which is baobab. It is also known as the 'dead-rat tree' (from the appearance of the fruits), 'monkey-bread tree' (the soft, dry fruit is edible), 'upside-down tree' (the sparse branches resemble roots) and cream of tartar tree.

l have seen one and photographed (analogue camera) a baobab tree in the golkonda fort area in hyderabad and also seen one in badwar park railway colony in mumbai - though this was not quite like the golkonda fort one.  about the latter, story goes that an abyssian had got it from africa and planted it. lt is protected well with a iron fence though it spoils its beauty. lt is a beautiful and a huge tree.

regards

 

soma jha

[Gaurav Bhatnagar]

There were two (a male and a female) at a place called Mangaliawas near Ajmer. The place has religious significance and lots of people come there to worship. The male tree has died some 5 years back and the female tree is still existing. They are called kalp Vriksh here.
Just sharing some pictures from there.
Apologies for the file size
Regards
Gaurav

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[Barry Stock]

One small clarification. Baobabs are monoecious, the flowers are unisexual. Solitary trees will set fruit.

A Webshots album of our local specimens here:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/33716139fvQxAe?start=0

Best Wishes,

Barry Stock

Hollywood, Florida, USA

[Shivakumar N.]

Dear Gaurav

The two trees near Mangaliawas are regarded as male and female

by the locals as the male has a branch resembling a phallic shape and the other

female parts  for religious connotations. The male / female  trees located very close are worshipped both by Hindus and Muslims as wish full filling trees.

Both trees have large trunks and colourful threads are tied around the trunks.

I do not think the 'male' tree is dead as Baobab trees can remain leafless for more than six months.

As Barry indicates there are no male and female trees in Botanical terms.

But it is  worth checking if the tree is actually dead!!!!

I had seen them some years ago.

Cheers.

 

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N.Shiva Kumar

NOIDA - 201 301(National Capital Region)

 

[Ravi Vaidyanathan]

From: Ravi Vaidyanathan <ravi.vai...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Indiantreepix] Re: Adansonia digitata- Baobab Trees in India.....
To: "Shivakumar N." <shiva....@gmail.com>


WE have a baobab tree within 2 mins of the mulund east station in mumbai suburb.......i hv uploaded the pix to wikipedia too..... been seeing it for last 40+ years

Ravi


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[Kiran Srivastava]

‘Trees of Mumbai’ and “Sen’trees’ of Mumbai” reports:

 

Navy Nagar, main office compound

Outside the library building in Mumbai University

Shivaji Park garden, Dadar

Sagar Upvan(Colaba Bus Station),

Jijamata Udyan(Zoo)

Bhabha Hospital, Banda west,

Portugese church, SEEPZ

6 trees in Vijay Nagar, Andheri east,

Kapurbavdi Asha Pura has 3 trees

2 trees in Ghodbunder

3 trees in JJ Hospital nurses training centre near Aksa Beach

Bassein fort, Vasai &

Kandivali

 

A Baobab in Australia is 6000 years old.

 

Cheers,

Kiran Srivastava

Mumbai

kir...@vsnl.net

 

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[satish phadke]

Now pictures of some Baobab trees from Pune.Maharashtra Totally leafless now(Apr 2008)
One on Tilak road near Mehendale music house right in the square.(Photo taken from a car window) Another on Ghole road
Satish

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[Pravin Kawale]

Hi,

You can see here (Alibag,Revdanda, Chaul )

more than 50 trees of Baobab

Thanks