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Adansonia digitata
''Adansonia digitata'' (baobab) is the most widespread of the ''Adansonia'' species on the African continent. The pachycauls are typically found in the dry, hot savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the landscape, and reveal the presence of a watercourse from afar.〔 They have traditionally been valued as sources of food, water, health remedies or places of shelter and are steeped in legend and superstition. Explorers of old were inclined to carve their names on baobabs, and many are defaced by modern graffiti.〔 Their growth rate is determined by ground water or rainfall,〔 and their maximum age which is still subject to much conjecture, seems to be in the order of 1,500 years. Common names for the baobab include dead-rat tree (from the appearance of the fruit), monkey-bread tree (the soft, dry fruit is edible), upside-down tree (the sparse branches resemble roots), cream of tartar tree (cream of tartar) and गोरख चिंच in marathi (meaning monkey's tamarind).
==Discovery and naming==
The vernacular name "baobab" is derived from Arabic بو حِباب (būħibāb), which means "father of many seeds". The scientific name ''Adansonia'' refers to the French explorer and botanist, Michel Adanson (1727-1806), who discovered it in 1749 on the island of Sor, Senegal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michel Adanson - Poudre Baobab bio - acheter poudre baobab bio )〕 On the nearby Îles des Madeleines Adanson found another baobab, 3.8 m in diameter, which bore the carvings of passing mariners on its trunk, including those of Henry the Navigator in 1444 and André Thevet in 1555. When Théodore Monod searched the island in the 20th century, the tree was not to be found however. Adanson concluded that the baobab, of all the trees he studied, “is probably the most useful tree in all.” He consumed baobab juice twice a day, while in Africa. He remained convinced that it maintained his health for him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Baobab Tree )〕 "Digitata" refers to the digits of the hand. The baobab's compound leaves with normally five (but up to seven) leaflets are akin to a hand.
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