208pp., colour illus., map, paperback, Second Edition, Cape Town (2007) 2024
Rupert Watson on the history of the baobab, the tree’s growth and reproductive habits, its present-day distribution, and the many ways - practical, medicinal and spiritual - baobabs have been and still are used across the continent.
Lawyer Rupert Watson moved from the UK to Kenya, where he has lived and worked for 45 years. He is the author of Peacocks & Picathartes: reflections on Africa's birdlife.