Baobab

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae (Bombacaceae)
Genus: Adansonia
The baobabs (Adansonia) are a genus of eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (the centre of diversity, with six species), and Africa and Australia (one species in each). The species reach heights of between 5-25 m (exceptionally 30 m) tall, and up to 7 m (exceptionally 11 m) in trunk diameter. They are noted for storing water inside the swollen trunk. All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry season. Some are reputed to be many thousands of years old, though as the wood does not produce annual growth rings, this is impossible to verify; few botanists give any credence to these claims of extreme age.

The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar.

yours is probally the African baobab

I have 3 baobabs grown out of seed 3 years ago and they lose during the winter there leaves.
I planted 1 outside and it is now about 2 meters high.
It is nice to see the big swollen trunk which is growing in the soil.

Saludos herman

If they lose their leaves during the dry season, should I barely water and give it a resting period until I bring it back out in the spring?

Very interesting to read about how the same plant behaves under different climate zone and culturing techniques received. My two are four years old,
merely 10 inchs in height, and still full of leaves. They only loose their leaves briefly in Jan or Feb then quickly put them back on. Nice stocky trunk and
branching well. A sassy personality if I may add. ;-]

Ankrara's Hobby Corner

I worked with one specimen, that was about 7 ft high, and yes it lost its leaves in winter, but (perhaps by it's own genetic predisposition) it took until mid APril her ein southern FLorida to pop out new leaves. Had me nervous that it had weakend too much from the previous year's hurricanes.