While I’m in East Africa arboreal mode, I remembered Zanzibar could not be beaten for its array of fabulous trees – from giant mangos and jackfruits to its plantations of spice-bearing nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves trees. On the family farms there are papaya, orange, banana and coconut groves, not only sources of family food, but also crops for market. And the leaves of the coconut palms can be turned into all kinds of useful recyclable household essentials – roof thatch, baskets, screens and sleeping mats.
The Coconut Harvester
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Island guide, Hari, doing a deal at the farmhouse door.
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Roadside spice farm stall:
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Jackfruit tree:
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Maruhubi boat builders’ beach with an ocean going dhow under construction:
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And then there are the baobabs. This one coming up is a little unusual – apart from being in leaf which only happens now and then, it’s providing the structural wherewithal for a Stone Town pizza joint:
Tish Farrell 
How utterly amazing
What a fabulous array of trees, not sure I’d ever be any good at harvesting coconuts though!
Well I guess one could wait for them to come to you. Also remembering to duck of course 🙂
Love it! The spice stall looks quite interesting as it the tree with the pizzeria. 🙂
More than anything the spice stall smelled quite delicious.
I remember some fabulous spice stalls from Provence (and some with various sorts of olives.) ❤
France is so good for delicious fragrances (and flavours).
A tree for everything!