Patrut, AdrianWoodborne, Stephan M.Patrut, Roxana T.Rakosy, LaszloLowy, Daniel A.Hall, GrantVon Reden, Karl F.2018-07-022018-07Patrut, A., Woodborne, S., Patrut, R.T. et al. 2018, 'The demise of the largest and oldest African baobabs', Nature Plants, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 423-426.2055-026X (print)2055-0278 (online)10.1038/s41477-018-0170-5http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65292The African baobab is the biggest and longest-living angiosperm tree. By using radiocarbon dating we identified the stable architectures that enable baobabs to reach large sizes and great ages. We report that 9 of the 13 oldest and 5 of the 6 largest individuals have died, or at least their oldest parts/stems have collapsed and died, over the past 12 years; the cause of the mortalities is still unclear.en© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.EcophysiologyMass spectrometryPlant physiologyAngiosperm treeAfrican baobab (Adansonia digitata L.)Postprint Article