Flora includes acacia and baobab trees, grass, and low shrubs. Common species include acacia, baobab, and various palms. The grassy savanna around Lobito includes baobab and euphorbia trees. Juices are made from guava, passion fruit, pineapple, tamarind, baobab, and other fruit. Several species of baobab and tamarind are among the tallest species forming the canopy. They build flat nests of grass in a baobab, dead coconut, casuarina or "Terminalia" tree. The most common reptile seen is African pythons climbing the baobab trees. The baobab is a protected tree in South Africa. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. The elephants have also stripped the park of many of its baobab trees. In times of drought, elephants consume the juicy wood beneath the bark of the baobab. The second stoutest tree in the world is the Big Baobab, an African Baobab. It belongs to the same family as the baobab and the kapok. The park's icon is the Tree of Life, a , artificial baobab tree. It builds a stick nest, often in a baobab tree.