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!
Известные деревья африканского кустарника E22: Boscia foetida (Мутоби/Вонючее пастушье дерево)
Известные деревья африканского кустарника E21: Куст кунжута (Tshinonzhe/Sesamothamnus hmundii)
За кулисами: этноботаника в дельте Окаванго
Into the Wild Africa: Iona National Park, Angola
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E06 (Finale)
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E05
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E04
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E03
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E02
Our Grand Tour of Zimbabwe E01
Behind the Scenes: Developing a Novel Botanical Ingredient from Namibia
Notable Trees of the African Bush E20: Mouse-Eared Combretum/Combretum hereroense
Behind the Scenes: Training Baobab Producers in Senegal
Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E04: Bemaraha to Morombe
Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E03: Bemaraha National Park
Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E02: Antsirabe to Bemaraha
Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024 E01: Antananarivo to Antsirabe
Madagascar Self Drive Adventure 2024. Prologue: Antananarivo
My Idea of Heaven - the Allée des Baobabs, Madagascar
Snippets from the bush: What happens when a Baobab falls over?
Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 3: AngolanBorder to Cuemba
Insiders Guide to Christopher, the Old Legs Tour Support Truck
Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 2: Victoria Falls to Angola
Biking to Angola: Highlights Week 1, Harare to Victoria Falls
ikigai of Baobab
Известные деревья африканского кустарника E19: Моринга овальнолистная/Moringa ovalifolia
Notable Plants of the African Bush E18: !Khores/Bushman Poison/Adenium boehmianum
Notable Plants of the African Bush E17: Nara Melon/Acanthosicyos horridus
Notable Trees of the African Bush E16: The Butter Tree/Cyphostemma currorii
Notable Trees of the African Bush E15: The Quiver Tree/Aloidendron dichotoma