Chapman's baobab

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Coordinates: 20 ° 29 ′ 24.7 ″  S , 25 ° 14 ′ 58.5 ″  E

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Chapman's Baobab (2010)

Chapman's baobab was an African baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata ) in Botswana , which was classified as a National Monument ("National Monument"). He fell over in January 2016.

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Chapman's baobab has often been referred to as one of the largest and oldest trees in Africa. The location of the African baobab tree was around 45 km south of Gweta on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park in the west of the Central District . Its trunk circumference was given as 25 m. Because of its seven tribes, it was nicknamed "Seven Sisters". The British African explorers Thomas Baines and James Chapman first reported on this tree in 1852 and scratched their names into the bark, and messages were deposited in a hollow trunk. Nearby, Africa explorers David Livingstone and Frederick Selous also struck their camp.

Its age has been estimated to be 1,000 to 3,000 years.

15 km further north is the Green's Baobab .

Fall of the tree in 2016

On January 7, 2016, Chapman's baobab fell over. Old age is believed to be the reason for the collapse. For a long time it remained unclear whether the tree had died. Employees at the Department of National Museum and Monuments in Botswana examined the tree and announced in June 2016 that it could not be saved, but that some saplings might come out.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Chapmans_Baobab. (No longer available online.) In: afrika-reisefuehrer.de. www.africa-reisefuehrer.de, archived from the original on August 9, 2015 ; Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c From my Hide: A giant has fallen. In: co.za. South Coast Herald, February 7, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b c Chapman’s Baobab - one of Africa's largest trees - falls - Africa Geographic. In: africageographic.com. Africa Geographic, January 14, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016 (American English).
  4. ↑ a b News from Botswana. In: hupeverlag.de. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Museum gives up hope of restoring Chapman's tree. mmegi.bw of June 24, 2016