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baobab

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 16.11.2022

Meanings

väga jämedaks kasvav jahukate söödavate viljadega troopikapuu

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ID 629973 Last modified 30.09.2022
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Domain classified botany
harilik ahvileivapuu preferred
baobab
baobab tree
Adansonia digitata L.
  • kassinaeriliste (Malvaceae) sugukonda ahvileivapuu perekonda (Adansonia) kuuluv heitlehine puu
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    • Perekonnas on kaheksa liiki. Baobab võib kasvada kuni 25 m kõrguseks. Puu oksad on lühikesed ja jämedad, tüve koor pruunikashall. Tumerohelised läikivad lehed on sõrmjad, viie kuni üheksa lehekesega, kuni 20 cm läbimõõduga. Kuival aastaajal langetab puu lehed. Suured lõhnavad valged õied avanevad enne lehtimist.
  • a deciduous indigenous fruit tree that belongs to the family called Malvaceae and is native to Africa
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    • It usually grows as a solitary individual though sometimes it can be found in small groups depending on soil type. A baobab tree can grow up to 25 meters in height, 28 meters in girth and can live for several hundred years.
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  • Tase: liik.
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harilik ahvileivapuu preferred
baobab
baobab
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  • Common names for the baobab include monkey-bread tree, upside-down tree, and cream of tartar tree.
baobab tree
African baobab
Adansonia digitata L.
Adansonia digitata

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ID 630054 Last modified 16.11.2022
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Domain classified botany
Adansonia L.
  • lehtpuude perekond kassinaeriliste sugukonnast
  • a genus made up of eight species of medium to large deciduous trees known as baobabs
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    • Adansonia species reach a height of five to twenty-five meters (ten to eighty feet), with exceptional trees reaching thirty meters (100 feet). The trunk diameter can be particularly impressive, with a diameter often of seven meters (23 feet), and exceptional trees having a diameter over eleven meters (thirty-six feet). These are among the stoutest trees in the world.
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  • Tase: perekond.
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Usage examples
  • This genus is commonly known by the name baobab, it contains around 8 species of deciduous trees distributed mostly in Madagascar, with some species found in Africa, Australia and Arabia. Plants in this genus tend to have fibrous, fleshy trunks adapted to store water and typically these grow to be between 7-11m wide. They can grow to over 30m tall, producing alternately arranged, simple leaves in young specimens, which develop into divided foliage consisting of 3-9 leaflets in mature specimens. Big, white, 5-petalled, hanging flowers are usually produced singly. These have showy modified leaves surrounding the flower and develop into edible baobab fruits. Both the leaves and fruit are consumed in a variety of ways including baking and powdered-form. In some species, the seeds are also used to create vegetable oil.
Adansonia L.
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  • The name Adansonia honors Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and explorer who described A. digitata.
Adansonia

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