BOTTLE TREE

I mention about the bottle gourd or wulou here quite often and so I am sure visitors are familiar with it. But do you know that there is a bottle tree. Yup! See the pictures above.

I first learnt about the existence of such a tree after I watched an episode of a Korean drama called "Goong" or "Princess Hour". In the show, the Prince brought his sister-in-law to a park where the bottle tree is grown.

Its scientific name is Adansonia gregorii but is more commonly known as boab. As with other baobabs, it is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which gives the tree a bottle-like appearance.

I read in olden time the Australians used the tree as a prison cell for prisoners for a day before sending them to be trialed.