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Book caption: The baobab or boab tree (Adansonia gregorii) is often a conspicuous feature of the river plains owing to its striking shape and enormous size. The huge swollen trunk consists of spongy water-storage tissue, and when a tree dies it collapses into a rotting mass of pulp. There are numerous species of Adansonia in Africa and Madagascar but only this one in Australia which is localised in the Kimberley and on the Victoria River in the Northern Territory, not extending to Queensland. It frequently associates with beefwood (Grevillea striata) seen here on right and with bauhinia (Lysiphyllum cunninghamii) and conspicuous termite mounds. The ground layer is ribbon grass.
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- Adansonia gregorii -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Termites -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Grevillea -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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