AFRICAN BAOBABS WITH DOUBLE CLOSED RING-SHAPED STRUCTURES AND TWO SEPARATE FALSE CAVITIES: RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE BAOBAB  OF GOLCONDA FORT

Adrian  PATRUT; Roxana T.  PATRUT; Laszlo  RAKOSY; Jenő  BODIS; Daniel A. LÖWY; Edit FORIZS; Karl F. von  REDEN, von

AFRICAN BAOBABS WITH DOUBLE CLOSED RING-SHAPED STRUCTURES AND TWO SEPARATE FALSE CAVITIES: RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE BAOBAB OF GOLCONDA FORT

Authors

Adrian PATRUT Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: apatrut@chem.ubbcluj. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6735
Roxana T. PATRUT Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: roxanapatrut@yahoo.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-2160
Laszlo RAKOSY Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: laszlo.rakosy@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-6996
Jenő BODIS Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: jbodis@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7080-124X
Daniel A. LÖWY Valor Hungariae, Department of Science and Innovation, Budapest, Hungary. Corresponding author: apatrut@chem.ubbcluj. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-6757
Edit FORIZS Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: eforizs@chem.ubbcluj.ro.
Karl F. von REDEN, von Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOSAMS Facility, Woods Hole, USA. Email: kvonreden@whoi.edu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-9018

Keywords:

AMS radiocarbon dating, Adansonia digitata, tropical trees, age determination, inner cavity, multiple stems

Abstract

The article discloses the results of radiocarbon investigation of the baobab of Golconda Fort, Hyderābād, India, which is the largest African baobab outside Africa. Two wood samples were collected from the large inner cavity; of these we extracted several segments for AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. The oldest sample segment had a radiocarbon date of 342 ± 22 bp, which corresponds to a calibrated age of 430 ± 20 yr. We estimate that the oldest part of the baobab has an age of 475 ± 50 yr. The investigation of the baobab of Golconda Fort revealed that it consists of 6 + 2 fused stems. Six stems build two rings that close two distinct false cavities, while two additional stems are located outside the rings. We called this new type of architecture double closed ring-shaped structure with two separate false cavities.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 61 (LXI), No. 4, December 2016

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2016-12-30

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PATRUT, A. ., PATRUT, R. T. ., RAKOSY, L. ., BODIS, J. ., LÖWY, D. A., FORIZS, E., & REDEN, von, K. F. von . (2016). AFRICAN BAOBABS WITH DOUBLE CLOSED RING-SHAPED STRUCTURES AND TWO SEPARATE FALSE CAVITIES: RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE BAOBAB OF GOLCONDA FORT. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 61(4), 21–30. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/chemia/article/view/8376