Baobab: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Adansonia

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Massive baobab tree with a thick, cylindrical trunk and spreading bare branches, standing in dry soil at Reinala Arboretum, Ifaty, Madagascar.

The mighty baobab

Grandidier's baobab

A person walks along a dirt road lined with tall baobab trees on the Avenue of the Baobabs in western Madagascar.

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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