Green's baobab

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Green's Baobab (2010)

Green's Baobab is the name of a tree in Botswana that is classified as a National Monument ("National Monument").

description

Green's baobab is one of the largest trees in the region. The location of the African baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata ) is around 30 km south of Gweta on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park . It was named after the brothers Charles and Frederick Thomas Green (1829–1876), their inscription "Green's Expedition 1858–1859" carved into the tree bark can still be recognized in the 2010s. The dealer Hendrik Matthys van Zyl (1828–1880), founder of the town of Ghanzi , was also immortalized in the bark. The tree is fenced in for protection.

15 km further south was the baobab tree Chapman's Baobab , which until its collapse was often referred to as one of the largest and oldest trees in Africa.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chapter 9, Archaeological and other heritage resources, October 2010 , p. 14
  2. ^ GE Wickens: The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia . Springer Science & Business Media, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-6431-9 ( books.google.com ).
  3. ↑ Greens_Baobab. (No longer available online.) In: afrika-reisefuehrer.de. www.africa-reisefuehrer.de, archived from the original on August 9, 2015 ; accessed on June 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet Travel Guide Namibia & Botswana . Lonely Planet, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8297-8904-2 ( books.google.com ).
  5. ↑ Michael Iwanowski : Botswana - Okavango and Victoria Falls . Iwanowski, 2010, ISBN 978-3-933041-71-5 ( books.google.de ).

Coordinates: 20 ° 25 ′ 31.3 ″  S , 25 ° 13 ′ 51.5 ″  E