Adansonia digitata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'African baobab']

English: baobab, African Baobab, Baobab tree, Cream-of-tartar tree, Calabash baobab, Guinea tamarind, Lemonade tree, Monkey-bread tree, Dead-rat tree, Ethiopian sour gourd, Tabaldi, Upside-down tree, Judas's bag
Afrikaans: Kremetart, Kalbasboom
አማርኛ: ባምባ
العربية: Hamao, Humar (Sudan), Hmur (Sudan), Hamaraya (Chad), Habhab (Egypt), Teidoum, Tabaldi, Tebeldi (Sudan), Gangoleis, باوباب إصبعي
azərbaycanca: Baobab
беларуская: Баабаб
Bemba: Mubuyu
български: Баобаб
Bini: Usi
bamanankan: Nsirasun, Sira (Mali, Senegal)
বাংলা: Gadhagachh
català: Baobab africà
čeština: Baobab prstnatý
Deutsch: Afrikanischer Affenbrotbaum, Baobab
Ελληνικά: Αδανσονία η δακτυλωτή
español: Baobab
فارسی: آدانسونیا دیجیتاتا
Fulfulde: ɓokki, Boki, Bokchi
suomi: Apinanleipäpuu
français: Baobab, Baobab africain, Pain de singe, Calebassier, Calabassier du Sénégal, Arbre aux calabasses, Arbre de mille ans, Mapou zombi, Mapou etranger
ગુજરાતી: Bukha
Hausa: Kuka, Kouka
עברית: באובב
हिन्दी: गोरखचिंच, गोरख इमली, Gorakh imli, Gorak lichora, Gorak amla, Gorak ali, Gorakh-cinch, Kapla-vriksha, Khura-sani-imli
hornjoserbsce: Afriski wopiči chlěbowc
Kreyòl ayisyen: Baobab
magyar: Majomkenyérfa
Հայերեն: Բաոբաբ
Otsiherero: Omukura
íslenska: Apabrauðstré
italiano: Baobab
日本語: アフリカバオバブ
Basa Jawa: Nsirasun, Sira, Nsira
ქართული: ბაობაბი
Kwanyama: Omukura
қазақша: Баобаб
قازاقشا (تٴوتە)‏: باوباب
قازاقشا (جۇنگو)‏: باوباب
қазақша (кирил)‎: Баобаб
қазақша (Қазақстан)‎: Баобаб
qazaqşa (latın)‎: Baobab
qazaqşa (Türkïya)‎: Baobab
ಕನ್ನಡ: ದೊಡ್ದಹುನುಸೆ, Doddahunuse
Перем Коми: Баобаб
kurdî: Baobab
كوردي (عەرەبی)‏: باۆباب
kurdî (latînî)‎: Baobab
коми: Баобаб
Кыргызча: Баобаб
Silozi: Mubuyu, Muyu
lietuvių: Tikrasis baobabas
македонски: Баобаб
मराठी: गोरखचिंच, Gorakh chinch
кырык мары: Баобаб
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Botol
North Ndebele: umKhomo, mKhono
Nederlands: Afrikaanse baobab
Chi-Chewa: Mbuyu, Mkulukumba, Mlambe, Mnumbe
polski: Baobab afrykański
português: Baobás, Imbondeiro, Cabaçevre
română: Baobab
русский: Баобаб
संस्कृतम्: Sarpadandi
සිංහල: Aliha gaha
chiShona: Mbuyu, muBuyu, muUyu, muGuya, muKomo, muU, muVei, muVugu, muViyu, muVuyu, muYu
Soomaaliga: Yak
Sesotho: Motsoo, Seboi
svenska: Baobab
Kiswahili: Mbuyu, Majoni
தமிழ்: பொந்தன்புளி, பப்பரப்புளி, Papparappuli, Paparapulia, Anaipuli, Anaipuliya-maram, Perruka
తెలుగు: బ్రహ్మ మల్లిక, Brahmaaamlika
тоҷикӣ: Баобаб
ไทย: บาวบาบ
ትግርኛ: Kommer, Hermer banba, Momret, Duma
Setswana: Movana, Mowana, Moana (Ngamiland)
Xitsonga: Shimuwu, Ximuwu
удмурт: Баобаб
українська: Баобаб
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Baobab
Tshivenda: Muvhuyu
Wolof: Bui, Buee, Goui, Gui, Gwi
მარგალური: ბაობაბი
Yorùbá: Ose, Ose igbeeluju
中文: 猴面包树
中文（中国大陆）‎: 猴面包树
中文（简体）‎: 猴面包树
中文（繁體）‎: 猢猻樹
中文（香港）‎: 猢猻樹
中文（新加坡）‎: 猴面包树
中文（台灣）‎: 猢猻樹
isiZulu: isiMuku, umShimulu, isiMuhu

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superrosids • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids II • Ordo: Malvales • Familia: Malvaceae • Subfamilia: Bombacoideae • Genus: Adansonia • Species: Adansonia digitata L. (1753)

Trees[edit]

Southern Africa[edit]

Old baobab, Nyanga, Zimbabwe.
North-eastern Zimbabwe, September 2006
Baobab tree in Kruger Park, South Africa
Note the man standing in front of it to get an idea of its size. Zimbabwe or Botswana.
Baobab in Northern Namibia (Kunene).