Malvaceae
African baobab
Adansonia digitata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Adansonia
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Common names
By language (75)
- Afrikaans
- Afrika-kremetart, Dorsboom, Kalbasboom
- Amharic
- ባምባ
- ann
- Bawobap
- Arabic
- تبلدي إصبعي, أدانسونية إصبعية, تبلدي الإصبعي, خبز القرود الإصبعي, صندل احمر
- Armenian
- Բաոբաբ
- arz
- تبلدى اصبعى
- Asturian
- Baobab
- Azerbaijani
- Afrika baobabı
- Bambara
- Nsirasun, Sìra
- Belarusian
- Баабаб
- Bulgarian
- Същински баобаб, Африкански баобаб
- Cantonese
- 波巴布樹, 大肥仔樹, 大肥佬樹
- Catalan
- Baobab africà, Baobab africain
- Chinese
- 猢猻樹, 猴面包树, 猴面包果, 非洲猴面包树
- Croatian
- Drvo majmunskog kruha
- cv
- Баобаб
- Czech
- Baobab prstnatý
- dag
- Tua
- din
- Dhunyduol
- Dutch
- Afrikaanse baobab, Afrikaanse apebroodboom, Afrikaanse apenbroodboom
- English
- African baobab, Baobab, Common baobab
- ff
- Ɓowre
- Finnish
- Apinanleipäpuu, Baobab, Baobabpuu
- fon
- Lokotín
- French
- Baobab africain, Baobab
- frr
- Baobab
- Georgian
- Ბაობაბი
- German
- Afrikanischer Affenbrotbaum, Adansonia subg. Adansonia, Afrikanischer Baobab, Baobab africain
- Greek
- Αδανσονία η δακτυλωτή
- Haitian Creole
- Baobab
- Hausa
- Kuka
- Hebrew
- באובב, אדנסוניה מאוצבעת
- Hindi
- गोरखचिंच, ऐडनसोनिया किलिमा
- hsb
- Afriski wopiči chlěbowc
- Hungarian
- Majomkenyérfa, Afrikai baobabfa
- Icelandic
- Apabrauðstré
- Indonesian
- Asem buto
- Italian
- Baobab
- Japanese
- アフリカバオバブ
- Kazakh
- Baobab, Баобаб, باوباب
- koi
- Баобаб
- Korean
- 바오밥나무
- Kurdish
- Baobab, باۆباب
- kv
- Баобаб, Чуня адансония
- Kyrgyz
- Баобаб
- Latvian
- Baobabs
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis baobabas, Baobab africain
- Malagasy
- Reniala, Baobaba, Baobaza, Baovola, Bontona, Boringy, Bozy, Bozybe
- Malay
- Pokok Botol, Pokok Baobab
- Malayalam
- അഡൻസോണിയ ഡിജിറ്റാറ്റ
- Marathi
- गोरखचिंच
- mcn
- Kónkínà
- mrj
- Баобаб
- Persian
- آدانسونیا دیجیتاتا
- Polish
- Baobab afrykański
- Portuguese
- Imbondeiro
- Romanian
- Baobab
- Russian
- Баобаб, Адансония африканская, Адансония пальчатая, Баобаб африканский
- Serbian
- Афрички баобаб
- Sindhi
- دنگيء درخت
- Slovenian
- Baobab, Opičji kruhovec
- Spanish
- Arbol del pan del mono, Baobab, Árbol del pan del mono
- Swahili
- Mbuyu
- Swedish
- Baobab, Baobab africain, Baobabträd
- Tajik
- Баобаб
- Tamil
- பொந்தன்புளி
- Tatar
- Маймыл агачы, Баобаб
- Telugu
- బ్రహ్మ మల్లిక
- Thai
- บาวบาบ
- Tsonga
- Ximuwu
- udm
- Баобаб
- Ukrainian
- Адальсонія пальчаста, Баобаб африканський
- Uzbek
- Baobab
- wuu
- 猢狲树
- xmf
- Ბაობაბი
Synonyms
- Adansonia bahobab L.
- Adansonia baobab Gaertn.
- Adansonia integrifolia Raf.
- Adansonia kilima Pettigrew, K.L.Bell, Bhagw., Grinan, Jillani, Jean Mey., Wabuyele & C.E.Vickers
- Adansonia scutula Steud.
- Adansonia situla (Lour.) Spreng.
- Adansonia somalensis Chiov.
- Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev.
- Adansonia sulcata A.Chev.
- Baobabus digitata Kuntze
- Ophelus sitularius Lour.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KLEIN Benjamin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aramburu Carlos, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.N.Aquino, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Awinch1001, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Awinch1001, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.