Talk:Adansonia

message: Not sure if this is the best way to get this looked at, but given that I've seen a LOT of the content of this article in two different places, it'd probably be good to be sure it's not lifted.
--JT 05:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the template to the top. Meanwhile, since Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia is a free encyclopedia, people are free to duplicate the content elsewhere as long as they adhere to the licenses. Answers.com is one such place. There are other places that do the same, and some even mirror User pages as well. If you do a Google search for "User:Kjoonlee" I'm sure you'll find places other than Wikipedia. --Kjoonlee 06:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi JT - good that you are looking out for potential copyright violations, but you needn't worry in this case, answers.com is copied from here (and they do, as required by the GFDL licence, cite wikipedia as the source: "This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia") - MPF 01:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review? 

message: Is there a historical explanation for the distribution of baobabs in Africa and Australia?  Have they existed since before the continents were separated?  (This seems unlikely, as both varities are still classified in the same genus.)  Were there ever baobabs in Asia, that could explain the radiation from Africa to Australia? --Saforrest 20:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, "dispersal between Africa and Australia occurred well after the fragmentation of Gondwana and, therefore, involved over-water dispersal"  - MPF 11:04, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolutionary explanation? 

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message: I removed this statement from the article, since it seems misleading at best:
Few botanists believe these claims of extreme age; current evidence suggests they rarely exceed 400 years.Wilson, R. T. (1988). Vital statistics of the baobab (Adansonia digitata). African Journal of Ecology 26 (3): 197-206.
The statement "few botanists" would seem to suggest that the entire botanist community collectively believes claims of extreme age to be false, when the cited article makes no such claim.  With the statement retained, the overall impression one gets is an unwarranted skepticism for radiometric dating.  And I hate to be snarky here, but when I hear skepticism for carbon dating, I hear a Creationist subtext.  A different article  goes into some detail on how they determined the age of several trees reputed to be over 1000 years old (skip down to "Aging Baobabs" in the link given).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petzl (talk • contribs) 20:24, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  referring to baobab's age 

message: A merging of baobab fruit with this article has been suggested. However, keeping the separate article could facilitate reference to it for cooking/cuisine, nutrition, and other purposes. --A12n (talk) 13:43, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The articles should be merged but the one on baobab fruit nutrients is completely unreferenced and would not presently qualify to be used as fact. --Paul144 (talk) 13:58, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Doesn't look like there is much useful in the Baobab fruit article. Whatever is salvagable can be merged here, but that won't be much. It almost reads like spam for some food supplement. --Crusio (talk) 00:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Youall might like to consider merging baobab fruit with Adansonia digitata, rather than Adansonia. Lavateraguy (talk) 19:11, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

text: See also this page Lavateraguy (talk) 19:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Baobab fruit with Adansonia? 

message: up to 120,000 liters or 32,000 US gallons)
Its not completely clear to me from the WP:UNITS ; should articles like this one state non-SI units for given figures? it says International scope: Wikipedia is not country-specific; unless tackling region-specific topics, use international units , but further examples it gives merely speak of giving them priority, using them along with others? --78.0.228.98 (talk) 23:07, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's covered by Conversions to and from metric units and US or imperial units should generally be provided. That's why the convert template exists. Eeekster (talk) 23:51, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I see, thx --78.0.228.98 (talk) 00:36, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units? 

message: The page states that baobab is found in africa and australia. But a large no of baobabs are found in india. Could it be that the baobab is foreign to india. Any information on history of baobab in india is solicited.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.196.178.163 (talk) 07:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Baobab (Adansonia digitata) is an introduced species in India. Lavateraguy (talk) 18:25, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  baobab in india 

message: This book says Adansonia baobab leaves are used as a spice.  --Una Smith (talk) 05:36, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Uses

message: As of 22:16, 7 July 2010 User:Nbarth added "The Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab is named for the Baobab Club in Dakar, which in turn takes its name from the tree."
Seems a bit tenuous adding the band but not the club if the band is named after the club not the tree?  I'd remove but only with more agrement.  Trev M  ~  23:11, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tenuous cultural ref worth having? 

message: Is a section on notable specimens worth creating?  Trev M  ~  21:23, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on notable specimens? 

message: Hi. I was intrigued by the expression "average diamater", which would mean an estimate of the diameter along the trunk, from its biggest diameter at the base to the diameter just below branching off. Looking for clarity, I went to the cited source, but there is no mention whatsoever of any diameter.    Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 21:24, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diameter 

message: The following advertising is moved here because it is not appropriate for the article page (per WP:EL):
;Where to buy it?
*Mighty Baobab Limited seem to be the global supplier of Baobab fruit pulp and Baobab Oil. The company is based in the United Kingdom, however they supply globally, for bulk and retail customers.
*http://www.mightybaobab.com
Nadiatalent (talk) 19:32, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising 

message: There seems to be a lot of lore and myths around the tree. A section may be appropriate to compare them. Insomesia (talk) 13:09, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lore and myths section? 

message: In the Fruit section it says "he dried fruit powder contains about 12% water and various nutrients..." which makes no sense. How is it a dried fruit powder can have 12% water in it. Last time I checked the words dried and powder mean it has no water. If this sentence is incorrect then it should be fixed or if there is an explanation as to how it can be true then it needs to be rewritten to clarify the confusion. --67.103.38.162 (talk) 22:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Must have been a mixup. When drying the fruit, 12% weight (water) will be lost in the process. Fixed! --77.8.151.145 (talk) 22:30, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: All dried fruit and fruit powders still retain some water content, and for baobab powder, this source says the dried powder has 11% water. Dried blueberries are 15% water and banana powder is 3% water. I re-established the water content to the powder section. Zefr (talk) 03:26, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The dried fruit powder contains about 12% water?! 

message: Baobabs were introduced to India by the Portuguese or Arab traders.
*http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-26/mumbai/27145097_1_tree-authority-rain-trees-ashok-kothari
*http://www.zaped.info/Talk:Naya_Qila
Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 22:29, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baobabs in India - they were introduced 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Baobab Adansonia digitata.jpg]]

message: Hi. It says under uses that there is a potential market of 1 billion USD. There is a ref attributed to "experts" followed by a quote by someone who uses baobab products - "Experts estimate the potential size of the international market at a billion dollars a year. “Baobab is moving from cottage industry into the mainstream,” says Malcolm Riley, of the Yozuna jam company in England. He now counts a large chain of British food stores among his customers. “It’s got mass potential.” ". However, I am not sure that this enough to sustain such a claim. It is a lot o money for a product derived from trees that  anre not cultivated, go sparsely and take forever to reach maturity. Regards, Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 17:37, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses - 1 billion USD 

message: Hi guys. Is this discorey not being taken seriously by the scientific community yet? Must it still be 'officially' recognised as a new species? Any reason why we don't have an artile on it yet? Regards, Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 17:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adansonia kilima 

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message: This tree is known as the 'boab' in Australia. According to guides in the Kimberly region, this means 'many seeds' in a local Aboriginal language. However, if the name is derived via the African 'baobab' - I have to doubt this. In fact the word is first attested in medieval times in Europe as 'bahobab,' possibly from  the The Arabic 'bawaaba' ('gate'). Certainly many baobabs have hollows and gaps in their bases (often made by elephants looking for the wet pulp) that can be used as doors into the trunk's interior. It is likely therefore that the word is of Arabic origin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:34F0:C300:21C:B3FF:FEC6:12F7 (talk) 00:40, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology? 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Adansonia digitata which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 18:30, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Oppose As per the previous discussion, the English name is used for one species in particular, and for the genus as a whole, so is ambiguous. Changing to the plural does not fix this, apart from not being the usual form for titles. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:26, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Moving the further reading content to Talk as redundant and unnecessary. --Zefr (talk) 15:45, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further reading