Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old ...

The African milk tree (Euphorbia trigona) goes by many names, including cathedral cactus, friendship cactus, and good luck cactus. Despite having multiple names containing the word cactus, it’s not a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baobabs are unique trees. They are among the world’s longest-living trees, with some being over 2,000 years old. They can survive ...

This story was originally reported by Edward McAllister, Editing by Anna Willard for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Until recently baobabs were only tapped for local use but in a major business shift ...

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life,” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty products. Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the ...