Thursday, September 17, 2009

AFRICAN BAOBAB TREES in and around Hyderabad


                     Baobab Trees in Chengicherla Forest Block

The City of Hyderabad also have at least half a dozen locations where magnificent Baobab trees stand witnessing the glory of past and also the interest of Arabian traders who introduced these tress in the then Hyderabad State which was also having part of Maharashtra under it. The scientific name of this tree is Adansonia digitata,Linn and it is also known as Monkey- Bread Tree. A few locations where we can see these trees are near Golconda fort, Vansthalipuram, Attapur ,Near Chappel Road, and Uppal in Chengicherla Reserve Forests.

                       Baobab Tree near Golconda Fort
There are 6 trees existing in Chengicherla Reserve Forest of Hyderabad Forest division, which provide a magnificent view of the site. One of the trees is having largest girth of 12.80 Meters ( 42 feet). There is a reference of this tree in M.S. Khan’s FOREST FLORA OF HYDERABAD STATE (1951) which says “that the largest tree in Aurangabad near the Badkal Darwaza approaches very nearly to the 40 feet girth size .”
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The Baobab tree located in the premises of Golconda Fort is having girth is 27.40 metres (89 feet). There are various stories centered around this Baobab tree of Golconda Fort and one of the famous stories is related to its cave which helped some 40 notorious thieves to hide themselves some 400 years ago. In fact while visiting this tree I found few local youth sitting on the branches and one of them even entered inside the cave formed in between the branches .

                                          Quite impressive tree

However African Baobab tree in Limpopo Province, South Africa, has a circumference of 47 metres (150 ft) and considered the largest living example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia
http://www.baobab-solutions.com/the_baobab.htm


14 comments:

  1. very nice and informative. Baobob trees have always intrigued me greatly.

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  2. very nice and informative
    about Baobob trees.
    We expect NEW GREEN INFORMATION
    from your BLOG.
    konamanini/ kusuma

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  3. Thank you sir when we can expect ( months) seeds sir,i want to plant some trees.
    Thank you

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  4. Very nice :)Thank you very much for the information :) I want to have some seeds of this tree... I want to grow them. In my schools we had one Boabob tree. But, it was cut down because it was occupying more space in the ground. I had my childhood spent playing on that tree. I want my future kids to enjoy the tree. We have farm, and I want to plant it there. Please help me. Please contact me on scientistjohn@gmail.com

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    1. Please share name of school and place of your childhood spent playing on that tree. please contact some people by joining facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/baobabsofmumbai/ if you want very urgent you can buy from joginger nursery(http://jogindernursery.com),Delhi.They even ship the plant to your location.have nice day,thank you for interest.thank you sir for this blog,before that I thought that baobabs are only found in Africa.Interestingly Maharastra,Gujarat,A.P.,Karnataka,kerla,Tamil nadu,Sri Lanka,Uttar pradesh,Rajasthan,Madhya pradesh have lot of baobab trees as per Internet search.Officerji please promote these trees by providing seeds at Nominal costs.when forest becomes extinct there is no question for extinction of trees.they automatically vanish.

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  5. We are trying to build a map of Baobabs in Hyderabad. The link is here http://cdb.io/PKMIpQ Can you please help us with the exact location of the trees in Chengicherla forest block? Thank you.

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    1. Ya sure But i would like to know about you . Thanks

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    2. I am a geographer. My name is Anant Maringanti. I run a research centre called Hyderabad Urban Lab. You can find us at http://www.hyderabadurbanlab.com , http://hydlab.in , http://bholakpur.org and at http://www.do-din.org

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  6. and i can be contacted via email: amaringanti AT Gmail.com

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  7. hi sir ...., i want to talk to you .....i am from AP
    once send your phone no to my mail id (hr.jadaprolu@gmail.com)

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  8. Need to dot down the Loc,Spotted one in nanakramguda.I live in attapur cn u gimme the loc of it n other baobab trees if possible..

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  9. Karnataka has four Baobab tree; three at Savanur and one at Bijapur. They are believed to be planted during Adil Shahi rule. Here's a link to Savanur's trees- http://karnatakatravel.blogspot.in/2011/08/savanur-fort-ruins-and-baobab-trees.html

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  10. hello pargaien sir,
    i need few suggestions and some help from you regarding baobab. i have msged u it in details on ua facebook. please have a look.
    waiting for your reply there.
    thankyou

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