Adansonia is a tree genus made up of eight species of large deciduous trees commonly called baobabs – or 'upside down trees'. It has this name because of its peculiar shape – when it's bare of leaves, its spreading, twisted branches look like roots spreading out into the air as if the tree had been planted upside down.

What is the meaning of the upside down Christmas tree?

Turning a Christmas tree upside down first became a tradition in the Middle Ages when Eastern European Christians would flip them to represent the Trinity and Christ being crucified, according to TheSpruce.com.

Are upside down trees real?

The baobab tree also known as the “upside-down” tree, due to its branches looking like roots sticking up in the air, grows only in Africa, Madagascar and Australia. Adansonia grandidieri, sometimes known as Grandidier's baobab, is the biggest and most famous of Madagascar's six species of baobabs.