This tree was just SO huge...you can see the comparison in size to someone 5'7"! Upon entering the Garden, they give you this booklet that lists all the trees and shrubs there. This is called a "Baobab". The description reads: In dry parts of Centeral Africa, the Baobab tree is prized for its many products: mucilage, gum, fiber for rope, paper and cloth. Bark and oil from the seeds have medicinal properties. Old hollow trunks are sometimes used as houses, prisons and water reservoirs. Yep...it IS huge!