Baobob
This is the name given to the Monkey-bread tree which is found in West Africa. Its trunk sometimes grows to 70ft round the girth, and there are specimens supposed to be thousands of years old. Baobobs yield a pulpy fruit from which a drink is made. Its leaves •re dried and eaten.
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Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)
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53Baobob Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)
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