• Karen HechingerAustralia 2025Traveler
    The "mac-daddy" of boabs is the Prison Boab, about 1500 years oldThe popular fruit-bearing Kapok tree

    13. Boabs, et. al.

    September 6, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 82 °F

    The boab tree (aka boabab in Africa) has a distinctive swollen trunk with sparse branches that is said to appear upside down, as if its branches should really be its roots. Also sometimes called a bottle tree, it is an iconic symbol of the Kimberly (as well as that of certain parts of Africa).

    We saw a lot more of them here in Western Australia than in Africa. They come in all shapes, sizes and ages. A few pix here    Read more