The baobab tree is a common phenomena in Kenya. I remember as a young child I came across it on the way to the coastal Town Mombasa. It is popular around the Tsavo Park Region and the coastal Strip. It has a large fruit with a hard outer cover. Inside it is filled with seeds that are coated with a cream coloured powder. The swahili people usually colour and sweeten the powder and seeds and repackage. This packs are then sold on the streets to children.

According to the Kenya Wildlife Service official guide it say's that the Baobab is one of the world's longest lived trees. th (Adansonia digitata) can grow up to 20m in height, 5m in diameter and live to be hundreds of years old.

As children we were often told that the trunk held alot of water and elephants would usually fell them so as to be able to drink it's sweet water. Other African legends are also told such as: the baobab was cursed by the Creator because once upon a time it used to hold a lot of water in it's trunk, but because it was too mean to share it's water with other living things, especially in the hot season, it was punished by being forced to live upside down.

As a child i remember visiting the park that was near the Likoni ferry which is no more now as i recently discovered. This park was covered with numerous baobab trees and we would always seek refuge from the sweltering sun during lunch hour. It is during this time my parents, brothers and sisters would gather for a bag of chips or Mukimo