<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBaobab is one of the most common trees during the safari. This tree is native to the African continent and is also found in Tanzania Savannah. Some believe that this tree was planted upside down because of its appearance. Some African tribes believe that baobabs were upright and too proud. The gods became angry and uprooted them and threw them back into the ground upside-down.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe tree reaches height of 5\u201325 m (16\u201382 ft), and its trunk reaches a diameter of 10\u201314 m (33\u201346 ft). The roots actually exceed the tree height which help it to survive dry climate. The tree life span is over 1000 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Whistling Thorns – Vachellia drepanolobium\/Acacia drepanolobium<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAcacia drepanolobium is a species of plants in the family Fabaceae. It fixes nitrogen. It is a photoautotroph, is a slender shrub or a tree, with short branches radiating from the main stem. Usually growing 1 – 5 meters tall and occasionally reaching 8 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe common name of the plant comes from the observation that when the wind blows over bulbous spines in which ants have made entry\/exit holes, they create a whistling noise. The tree actually encourages these ants by both providing homes and food in special flower-like structures called “extra-floral nectaries”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Sausage Tree – Kigelia africana<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe sausage tree of sub-Saharan Africa is beautiful in flower, the blood-red to maroon flowers hang in long panicles. The fragrance of the flower is not pleasing to humans but attracts the Dwarf Epauletted Fruit bat (Micropteropus pusillus), its pollinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This tree can reach a height of as much as 20 meters. The tree grows in the tropical and wet Savannah regions of sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe large tree is spread sparsely throughout Serengeti. It produces characteristic long (up to 1 m), succulent, poisonous fruits that drop from the tree and release seeds as the pulp rots. There are different uses of this tree fruit including: manufacturing number of skin care products and also making alcoholic beverage etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Acacia Tree<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAcacia trees are without a doubt the most iconic trees in Africa. You can spot this tree within most of the Savannah area throughout the continent, most acacia usually lives only 20 to 30 years. Their long roots help stabilize the soil in areas threatened by erosion. The sturdy roots reach deep for underground water, which explains why the tree tolerates extreme drought conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnother name for acacia tree is thorn trees. Some have long straight thorns while others have hook-shaped ones. The main reason is that it acts as a deterrent against browsers. Scientists have said that despite the thorns, some herbivores still feed on the trees, the thorn does not prevent feeding, but limits over-grazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Strangler Fig – Ficus thonningii<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nStrangler fig is one of the most common hemiepiphyte. Is the towering strangler fig tree which starts life as a tiny seed in the canopy named for their pattern of growth upon host trees. This results in the host\u2019s death so that the strangler fig becomes a “columnar tree” with a hollow central core, the tree can grow 6 – 21 meters tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStrangler figs are ecologically important in some tropical forests. The hollow centers of strangler figs are full of spaces that provide shelter and breeding sites for bats, birds, and other animals. Perhaps more importantly, many stranglers are considered \u201ckeystone species\u201d in that they provide food to a wide variety of animals during times of scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This tree is native in Africa, specifically Tanzania where is common in kopjes and along rivers in Serengeti. Also the tree is significant to the native people in cultural and medical aspect where they use in treating colds, sore throat, dysentery, wounds, constipation, nosebleed and to stimulate lactation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n