Baobab Flower Bloom. In west africa trees are said to flower at the age of eight to ten years for the first time. My husband thought the unopened flower buds on the baobab tree looked like tennis balls.
I am a bot continue this thread. Baobabs are deciduous and their bat pollinated flowers bloom at night. This is the money flower.
Some are very fast and need only up to 30 minutes to open others need two hours and more.
It is often found that tamarind trees usually grow at the base of the baobab trees such that the roots of the former are found entangled with the latter. Some species begin flowering around 10 years of age. My husband thought the unopened flower buds on the baobab tree looked like tennis balls. The tree i watched belongs to the latter category and was.
