[11] As with other baobabs, Adansonia gregorii is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which forms a massive caudex, giving the tree a bottle-like appearance.

[16] The tree's bark has a remarkable property, in that it can maintain inscribed markings for long periods of time, over more than a century.

[11] Some specimens of the African relative of boabs have been estimated to live close to 2,000 years, but the Australian ones are not as well-documented.

[10] They also use the white powder that fills the seed pods (or pith, said to taste like sherbet[11] or cream of tartar[10]) as a food.

[11] The 1889 book Useful Native Plants of Australia states that "The dry acidulous pulp of the fruit is eaten.

[18] The leaves can be boiled and eaten as a spinach; the seeds can be ground and used as a coffee-like beverage, and fermenting the pulp creates a type of beer.

[25] Gija Jumulu is a large boab which was transported from Warmun in the Kimberley region to Kings Park in the Western Australian capital city, Perth in 2008.

As of 2019[update] the tree was growing well, after an initial period showing signs of stress after the move, demonstrating the adaptability of the species in a different climate.

The boab tree marks the site of a camp of the explorer Augustus Charles Gregory, and is inscribed with the dates of his party's arrival and departure, from October 1855 to July 1856.