The age of the famous Majunga Baobab confirmed

The Baobab of Majunga : a majestic and thousand-year-old tree

Madagascar is home to several species of baobabs. This emblematic tree is very important for the Malagasy. The town of Majunga has one, which gives it its beauty and particularity.

Do you know how old he is exactly ?

Front, we used to say that this famous Majunga baobab would be between 700 and 1 500 years. Indeed, it's always been an estimate but in reality, we were a little far from the mark.

According to recent research carried out by a team of researchers led by Adrian Patrut, he would be approximately 275 years.

This famous Mahajanga seaside baobab made up of six trunks that have fused together has been dated by the AMS radiocarbon method (Accelerator Mass Spectrometer).

The results indicate that he is aged 275 ± 25 years.

This means that this historic baobab of Mahajanga began to grow towards 1750 of our era.

City emblem

Of the species “ Andasonia Digitata », it serves as an emblem of the city of Majunga due to its grandeur and majesty. It stands in the middle of the road and serves as a roundabout and tourist attraction by the sea, a few steps from the hotel Restaurant Gourmand and Tour Operator COCO LODGE MAJUNGA (Downtown).

Formerly, the baobab was used as a place to announce news to the community . And it is also a meeting place. In the nineteenth century, it served as an execution post for those sentenced to death at one time.

According to local tradition, every traveler must circle the baobab tree seven times, this to receive the blessing of the Malagasy ancestors.

Especially since of the seven species of Baobab present in Madagascar, and the Majunga baobab stands out the most.

Mahajanga or Majunga is a magical and unmissable town on the North Coast – West of Madagascar. She has several sites to visit in her locality.

Do not hesitate to contact your Tour Operator which is the COCO LODGE MAJUNGA to find out more about the baobabs and the tourist sites of the Boeny region.

The Great Baobab of Mahajanga and its region . Mahajanga (formerly

Majunga French) is a city, an administrative district and an important seaport

on the northwest coast of Madagascar. She counts 250 000 inhabitants

inhabitants and is the capital of the Boeny region. Mahajanga to a

tropical savannah climate with two distinct seasons, a wet rainy season (the

November to me – April) and a sunny dry season (from my – April to October).

Cyclones can occur during the rainy season and can produce

Shame. The average annual temperature is 26.3°C and the average annual precipitation is 26.3°C.

is of 1476 millimeters.

The Great Baobab of Mahajanga (in French, “the big baobab of

Majunga ») grows on the coast, at approximately 100 m from the sea. Today, great

baobab is protected by a fence in the center of a large traffic roundabout, where

two riverside boulevards meet the main boulevard “Avenue de France”. The

the bottom of the trunk is painted to protect against pests and’ tree environment

are concreted.

Source : HTTPS://www.researchgate.net/…/370141875_Radiocarbon…

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