Bread is a common food in our daily life. Generally made of grain (mainly wheat) by grinding and heating, bread has gradually become a necessity. But have you ever heard of trees with bread in the world? The fruit of this bread tree can be roasted and eaten, just like bread.

This kind of bread tree is native to some island countries in the South Pacific, and has been planted in Brazil, India, Sri Lanka and tropical Africa. It is also planted in China's Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces. Bread trees are evergreen trees, generally more than ten meters high, and the highest can reach more than forty meters. This kind of tree has a thick trunk and lush branches and leaves. Moreover, this kind of leaf has another feature, which is born between three colors. It can bear fruit in different parts from other trees. It can bear fruit in its branches, trunks and roots. Moreover, this fruit is not only rich in flesh, sweet in taste, but also nutritious, containing a lot of starch, vitamins A and B, and a small amount of protein and fat.

Bread tree is a monoecious woody edible plant, with a long flowering and fruiting period, which can last from 10 in the first year to July and August in the second year. It can bear fruit for nine months in a year and harvest three times in a row. The fruit of bread tree is bigger than wax gourd, and its weight can reach more than 20 kilograms. Strangely, this kind of fruit is edible. When the fruit is not fully ripe, people will pick breadfruit from the tree and bake it on the fire. When it turns yellow, you can eat it. When it is ripe, it can also be made into various foods, and can also be used to make wine.

In addition to this kind of bread tree, there is also a strange-shaped big tree-Bobo-on the arid prairie in Africa. Because monkeys and Arabian dog-faced baboons like to eat its fruit, people call it? Baobab tree? . This tree is different from the bread tree above. Its fruit is also bread, but it is not eaten by people, but the food source of animals. The baobab tree has a spectacular tree shape, and its fruit is very big, just like a football. It has a lot of sweet juice and is the favorite food of monkeys, orangutans, elephants and other animals. When its fruit is ripe, monkeys come in droves and climb the tree to pick the fruit to eat. The fruit of baobab can be used as food for animals, and the pulp can also be eaten or made into drinks. In fact, baobab trees are still full of medicinal materials. Its fruit, leaves and bark can be used as medicine, which can diminish inflammation, reduce fever and treat malaria. It also contains substances that resist the formation and spread of gastric cancer cells, and the pulp of leaves and fruits is still a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug in the local area.

Baobab is also a famous longevity tree, even in the harsh arid environment of tropical grassland, its life span can still reach about 5000 years. According to relevant records, Adamsen, a famous French botanist, saw some baobabs in Africa in the18th century, and the oldest one has lived for 5500 years. Because of local folklore, baobab tree is? Holy tree? So they will be protected by people.

Baobab trees are light and soft, but they have no wood value at all. But interestingly, local residents often hollow out the trunk and move in, forming a very unique nature? Shanzhai? . Some residents also use hollowed-out tree trunks as corral, water storage room or storage room. Surprisingly, the food stored in the hole of baobab tree can be stored for a long time without rotting. As for the reason, it is still being further explored.