![]() In all nature there is no ally so kindly, with the possible exception of the coconut palm. Food for his hunger, water for his thirst, a house to live in, fibre to clothe him, fodder for his flocks, a pot of beer, a rope to hang him, and a tombstone when he is dead – these are the provisions of the baobab for man. Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Ī Caliban of a tree, a grizzled, distorted old goblin with a girth of a giant, the hide of a rhinoceros, twiggy fingers clutching at empty air, and the disposition of a guardian angel – such is Kimberlley’ baobab, friendly ogre of the great North-west. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007936305 © 2008 Springer Science + Business Media, B.V. Retired Head of Economic Botany Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK ![]() The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
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