Baobab
Baobab is a tropical tree that grows best in the 26–36°C range with 600–1500 mm of rain, cropping over a 210–270-day season.
How it grows
Baobab grows on a tree — the fruit ripens above the ground, up in the canopy.
Where Earth's climate suits baobab
Climatic suitability only — scored for every 0.5° of the planet from this crop's temperature and rainfall tolerances (FAO EcoCrop) on AgroClim 1991–2025 normals (AgERA5 temperature, CHIRPS/ERA5 rainfall). It shows where the rain-fed climate permits the crop, not where it is grown today; irrigation lets many crops thrive in drier country than the map suggests (California, Egypt, the Indus and Nile).
Who grows it — and where the climate merely allows it
Climate envelope · FAO EcoCrop
Deep bar = optimal range; pale bar = absolute tolerance. Beyond the pale bar the crop fails. Latitude tolerance ±25° · soil pH 4.3–7.5.
Growing calendar & hazards
An annual cycle of roughly 210–270 days from sowing to harvest, so it is timed to fall within the frost-free, adequately-wet part of the year for the location.
- Cold & frost. A frost-sensitive crop: temperatures near or below freezing damage or kill it, so it is confined to frost-free seasons and warm climates.
- Drought. Relatively drought-hardy, but a failed rainy season still cuts yield sharply where irrigation is absent.