The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

by G.E. Wickens and Gerald E. Wickens

Book Overview

Although Alexander von Humboldt never saw a baobab, he wrote: 'Among organic creatures, this tree Dracaena draco (dragon tree)] is undoubtedly, together with the Adansonia or baobab of Senegal, one of the oldest inhabitants of our planet' (Humboldt 1852). With their enormous size, distinctive and often grotesque appearance, and great age (measured perhaps in thousands of years), baobab trees attract the attention of botanists, amateurs, tourists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048176395
• ISBN13: 9789048176397
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"