Broken Branch Baobab

Location:

• State: Madhya Pradesh
• Locality: Mandu: Midway towards Roopmati’s Pavilion, in ruins to your left as you go southwards

Botany:

• Common name: Baobab: One of the world’s largest and oldest trees, the southern African baobab was brought to India by Mughals almost five hundred years ago
• Botanical species: Adansonia digitata
• Botanical family : Bombaceae [Semal or baobab]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 22.33782533 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 75.40147658 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 575.2 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Along the Ganges and Into the Midlands
• Path : Into Bihar, up the Ganges into Uttar Pradesh, then into the highland jungles of Madhya Pradesh
• Date photographed: 9.12.08

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