Adansonia digitata

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Adansonia digitataA young Adansonia digitata begins with an upright grey-green stem and a base that slowly thickens as the tree stores water. Side branches appear with age and begi n to form the broad canopy associated with older African Baobabs. Leaves appear during warm active growth. Young plants may first produce simple leaves; later leaves divide into several narrow leaflets that spread from one point like an open hand. They gather along the newer stems and leave the developing trunk clearly visible below. The yearly change between leafy growth and a bare resting phase is part of the tree's natural rhythm. New buds add another season of stems above the slowly expanding base. Show more