which is equivalent to at least 14 African elephants. Growing for up to 5000 years, its trunk can grow to a diameter of 11 metres. In Modjadjiskloof, South Africa, a baobab tree was large enough ...

As regular visitors to Gangewadiya, across the southern boundary of Wilpattu National Park where the Kala Oya flows into the Dutch Bay, we have often seen its magnificent mangroves - the building ...

The traditional story of The Baobab Tree is told by Jan Blake, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Sidiki Dembélé and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Narrator: Come to a magical ...

Patrick Maundu, who is part of a research project to document the heritage of the baobab tree in Kenya ... in search of fibre or from wildlife like elephants trying to quench their thirst.