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Baobab Tree
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| Information sur la photo |
| Copyright: PAULO ALMEIDA (deadface) (22) |
| Genre: Lieux |
| Média: Couleur |
| Date de prise de vue: 2008-06-08 |
| Catégories: Nature |
| Exposition: f/7.1 |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Versions: version originale |
| Date de soumission: 2008-06-16 15:26 |
| Vue: 416 |
| Points: 8 |
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| [Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe |
Esta foto foi tirada no Fuengirola Zoo em Fuengirola, Malaga, Espanha neste meu pequeno periodo de descanço (uma semana). É uma arvore enorme! Não parece mas é! Eu estive junto a ela e pelo menos 20m de altura tem... E a grossura dela? Xi!!! Uma brutalidade.
Baobab is the common name of a genus (Adansonia) containing eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (the centre of diversity, with six species), mainland Africa and Australia (one species in each). The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that country. Other common names include boab, boaboa, bottle tree and monkey bread tree. The species reach a height of 5–25 m, 10-80ft (exceptionally 30 m, 100ft), and often a trunk diameter of 7 m, 23ft (exceptionally over 11 m, 36ft). A specimen in Limpopo Province South Africa, often considered the largest example alive, has a girth of 155 feet and an average diameter of 15 m, 49ft.[citation needed] Baobabs store water inside the swollen trunk, up to 120,000 litres (32,000 US gallons), to endure the harsh drought conditions particular to each region.[1] All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry season. Some are reputed to be many thousands of years old, though this is impossible to verify as the wood does not produce annual growth rings. Few botanists believe these claims of extreme age; current evidence suggests they rarely exceed 400 years.[2]
The Malagasy species are important components of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests. Within that biome, A. madagascariensis and A. rubrostipa occur specifically in the Anjajavy Forest, sometimes growing out of the tsingy limestone itself. |
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Hola:
El tipico Baobab africano, como impresiona cuando lo ves en la sabana, en Angola se le conoce como imbondeiro.
Un saludo desde Avila:
Pablo
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Olá Paulo. Bela e verdejante foto. Boa definição. Curiosa essa arvore, pensei que estava de raizes para o ar. Um imbondeiro só que em Angola me parece que não perdem as folhas. Já vi que mudaste de máquina, são coisas que acontecem a quem entra no T.E.
Então uma semana em Malaga e achas pouco!?
Bons cliques
Arlindo
Olá companheiro. Esta máquina é melhor ou então trabalhaste bem no photofiltre. Bem curiosa a maneira como está a arvore. Parece que caiu de cabeça para baixo e ficou espetada. Um abraço
Hola Paulo:
El Zoo de Fuengirola, es muy bonito... este árbol es uno de los emblemas del zoo, es artificial pero esta muy bien hecho. Un zoo no muy grande pero muy buen montado. Espero que te lo hayas pasado bien esa semana que dices, Fuengirola, no es muy grande, pero tiene su encanto ;).
Desde Fuengirola.
Un saludo,
Elena
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