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baobab.
Fruits containing rich pulpThe tree has many legends, in particular, one Africanlegend explains that the baobab was once a very beautiful tree butthat was a little too pretentious. One day, this angeredGod who tore it up to punish him and replanted it upside down. 
The fruits of baobabs or pods
are fleshy, dry, large berries. The fruits contain containing several hundred seeds
coated in a white, chalky pulp.
It is likely thatgiant tortoises, the elephant bird (aepyornis) and large lemurs,
were good seed dispersers. This role is probably ensured today
by animals introduced by man (zebus, goats, bush pigs) or
Their size and color vary depending on the
species.
 
 
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