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Baobab is the common name of a genus (Adansonia) containing eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (having six species), mainland Africa and Australia (one species in each).

The species reach heights of 5–30 m and trunk diameters of 7-11 m. A specimen in Limpopo Province, South Africa, often considered the largest and oldest example alive, has a circumference of 50 m and an average diameter of 15 m, and coul be about 2 200 years old.

Adansonia grandidieri (Grandidier's Baobab), the most famous of Madagascar’s six baobabs, is an endangered species. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Baobabs store water inside the swollen trunk (up to 120 000 liters) to endure the harsh drought conditions particular to each region.

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Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley or Prolificans Lily-of-the-Valley, is one of two members of the genus Convallaria in the flowering plant family Ruscaceae. It is a woodland plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a small native population in eastern North America (Convallaria majalis var. montana.) It is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes. These send up numerous stems each spring. The stems grow to 15-30 cm tall, with two leaves 10-25 cm long, and a raceme of 5-15 flowers on the stem apex. The flowers are white (rarely pink), bell-shaped, 5-10 mm diameter, and sweetly scented; flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in early March. The fruit is a small orange-red berry 5-7 mm diameter that contains a few large whitish colored seeds.

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