In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"David \(in Normandy\)" writes:
| Thank you for the replies everyone. It seems plant genetics are somewhat
| different to that of animals. In my next birth I'm coming back as a
| botanist - plants are absolutely fascinating.

There are several regular posters here who can relate to that :-)

| Speaking of which, I've just
| seen some trees on a TV documentary about Madagascar - really stunning, I
| don't know what they were called but they had really wide, tall, straight
| trunks but with only a few small puny branches near the top - they almost
| looked liked caricatures. They all looked similar, so I don't think they
| were diseased in any way, just very odd looking. Fascinating.

Dunno about Madagascar, but look up baobab on the net.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Six of the world's 8 species of Adansonia (Baobab) are endemic to
Madagascar.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Adansonia/gallery.html