Moringa Tree

Description:

The fairy-tale tree (Moringa ovalifolia) is to be found in Namibia only and occurs from Naukluft in the south to Kunene Region in the north. What makes the Fairy-Tale Forest unique is that the trunks of these trees are particularly knobbly except on the Halali hills where their trunks are fairly smooth and upright. The trees usually only grow on the slopes of mountains and hills and Etosha is the only place where the trees grow in such numbers on the plains. The San People described them as upside-down trees, since they believed the trees were thrown out of paradise in anger and landed upside-down.

Habitat:

Namibia nearby Okaukuejo