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Baobab in Kyoto Botanical Garden
@ 2009-05-15 – 20:55:29
Recently while visiting Japan I made a trip to the Kyoto Botanical Garden, and was very impressed. There was an extensive collection of plants and trees, as you would expect. But also present was a remarkable conservatory. The conservatory had many surprises in store for me, including fruiting papaya and banana tree and a mango tree in bloom. There was even a breadfruit tree, something which is particularly difficult to grow outside habitat.
The biggest surprise was the presence of a baobab (adansonia digitata) tree, growing in all its splendour. It must take a lot of courage to grow this tree in a greenhouse. But it has brought them the ultimate reward of producing fruits. Look at the photos.
