Culture and Myths
- Tabaldi is the name of the baobab tree in Sudan, and its fruit is gongalis. Baobab's trunk is used as a tank to store water. People in west Sudan use the hollow in the trunk to save water in the rainy season. Gongalis is used to make juice or to cure stomach and other diseases.
- The owners of Sunland Farm in Limpopo, South Africa have built a pub called "The Big Baobab Pub" inside the hollow trunk of the 22 metres (72 ft) high Sunland baobab. The tree is 47 m (154 ft) in circumference, and is reported to have been carbon dated at over 6,000 years old.
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