Water pot of nature
- Water pot of nature (Baobab (Adansonia digitata))
Do you know this
plant?this plant has wonderful adaptations to store water.This tree has a
trunk with dimensions of up to a maximum circumference of nine metres
and a maximum height of eighteen meters.During rainy season,the
soft,white fibrous stem fills in and stores about 100 000 litres of
water which is important to the tree for thrive through the six month
long dry season.In this tree,the flowers are bloom before the leaves
start to grow.The flowers are large and white.
This tree is also important in other ways such as in the past the people
have quenched their thirst by the stored water of this plant and the
fruit of this tree is like a gourd and highly nutritious,leaves are a
delicious vegetable and by the fibre of the trunk,the ropes can be
made.
Do you know this
plant?this plant has wonderful adaptations to store water.This tree has a
trunk with dimensions of up to a maximum circumference of nine metres
and a maximum height of eighteen meters.During rainy season,the
soft,white fibrous stem fills in and stores about 100 000 litres of
water which is important to the tree for thrive through the six month
long dry season.In this tree,the flowers are bloom before the leaves
start to grow.The flowers are large and white.
This tree is also important in other ways such as in the past the people
have quenched their thirst by the stored water of this plant and the
fruit of this tree is like a gourd and highly nutritious,leaves are a
delicious vegetable and by the fibre of the trunk,the ropes can be
made. 
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