African Plant Hunter - Invidious

African Plant Hunter

If you've ever wondered about the marula oil hype, why baobab is the "Tree of Life", or what the best natural remedy for skin cancer is, you've come to the right place. My name is Gus, the African Plant Hunter, and it's my mission to share the secrets of Africa's trees an plants with the rest of the world.

I was born in a little mission hospital in Kenya. As an 18 year old (back in '85 - you do the math!), I drove a beaten up old Land Rover from London, across the Sahara, through the Congo rainforest, to the East African coast. After that, I was lucky enough to study anthropology at Cambridge University and social ecology at Yale, and that set me off on a career working with African plants.

As for this channel, I started it as a way of sharing my love for Africa and its biodiversity. In my travels, I get to learn and see many amazing things, and it seems wrong to keep it all to myself! So, if you're intrigued by some of Africa's planty secrets, hop on the bus. It'll be a wild ride!

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Notable Trees of the African Bush E20: Mouse-Eared Combretum/Combretum hereroense

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Behind the Scenes: Training Baobab Producers in Senegal

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Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E04: Bemaraha to Morombe

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Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E03: Bemaraha National Park

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Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E02: Antsirabe to Bemaraha

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Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E01: Antananarivo to Antsirabe

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Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024. Prologue: Antananarivo

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My Idea of Heaven - the Allée des Baobabs, Madagascar

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Shared 6 months ago

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Snippets from the bush: What happens when a Baobab falls over?

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Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 3: AngolanBorder to Cuemba

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Insiders Guide to Christopher, the Old Legs Tour Support Truck

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Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 2: Victoria Falls to Angola

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Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 1, Harare to Victoria Falls

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ikigai of Baobab

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Notable Trees of the African Bush E19: Ghost tree/Moringa ovalifolia

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Notable Plants of the African Bush E18: !Khores/Bushman Poison/Adenium boehmianum

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Notable Plants of the African Bush E17: Nara Melon/Acanthosicyos horridus

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Notable Trees of the African Bush E16: The Butter Tree/Cyphostemma currorii

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Notable Trees of the African Bush E15: The Quiver Tree/Aloidendron dichotoma

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Behind the Scenes: A Community Jojoba Project in Namibia

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E08: Tangwena Distillery

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E07: Mambokadzi/Changamire

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E06: Hutano Foods

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E07: The Three Peaks of Juliasdale Hike

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E05: KAZA Natural Oils

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Behind the Scenes: A Community Tree Nursery and Seedbank

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E04: Petalilli

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Behind The Scenes: Moringa Leaf Processing, Senegal

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E03: Thandie's Village

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E02: Eny's Treats

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Celebrating Zimbabwean BioTrade SMEs E01: Utsanzi

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Overview of the Baobab Sector in Africa

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Snippets from the (Icelandic) Bush: Alchemilla alpina - Alpine Lady's Mantle

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E06: Diana's Vow

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Full Lecture: Why Indigenous Plants are the Future for Zimbabwe's Agricultural System

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E05: The Big Tree of Chirinda Forest

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe 04: The Dinosaur Footprints of Chewore

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E03: Chibvumani Ruins

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SciComm Botany Videos from the African Plant Hunter

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Behind The Scenes: The Ruwenzori Mountains of Western Uganda

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Behind the Scenes: Preview of my "New" Land Rover

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Behind The Scenes: Medicinal Plant Lessons from a Traditional Healer

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Five Life Lessons from the African Plant Hunter

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E07: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia/Duiker Berry/Mutsonzowa

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E06: Pittosporum viridiflorum/Cheesewood/Muchemedzambuya

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E02: Mazowe Botanical Reserve

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Behind The Scenes: How We Make Baobab Puree

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Kazuma Pan National Park Part 3: Things To Do in Kazuma Pan

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Into the Wild Africa: Liwonde National Park (Malawi)

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E05: Warburgia salutaris/Pepperbark tree/Muranga

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E04: Dichrostachys cinerea/Sickle bush/Mupangara

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E03: Dicoma anomala/Fever bush/Chifumuro

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E02: Artemisia afra/African wormwood

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa E01: Introduction to Plant Medicine

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Tsambarafuta: The (Delicious!) Black Ant

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Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa

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Hidden Gems of Zimbabwe E01: Ngomakurira

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Behind the Scenes: A Baobab Juice Producer in Malawi

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So, You Want to be a Baobab Processor? Part 3: Oil Processing

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So, You Want to be a Baobab Processor? Part 2: Powder Processing

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