Baobab Tree (Mannar)
The Baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata L. ) located in Pallimunai, Mannar District (Sinhala: මන්නාරම බයෝබැබ් ගස), is reputedly one of the oldest and largest trees in Sri Lanka, with local belief suggesting that it was planted in the 15th century by Arabian sailors who visited the island (Asanga & Nishantha, 2018). The tree stands at approximately 7.5 meters in height and boasts a girth measuring about 19.51 meters (Asanga & Nishantha, 2018). Baobab Distribution African baobabs are distributed across various parts of the Indian Ocean region, including India, Sri Lanka, and coastal Pakistan (Rangan & Bell, 2015). They can also be found in the southern Arabian Peninsula and southern Iran, the Comoros islands, northwest Madagascar, and the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Réunion (Rangan & Bell, 2015). Additionally, these baobabs are present in Malaysia and Indonesia. Beyond the Indian Ocean region, they extend their range across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean islands …
