Glencoe Baobab
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Glencoe Baobab is the stoutest and second largest baobab
(Adansonia digitata L.) in South Africa, and possibly the stoutest tree in the world. The tree is located in Glencoe Farm, near Hoedspruit
, Limpopo Province and had a trunk diameter 15.9 metres.
The tree divides into several trunks close to the ground. The main trunk had lowered into the ground a long time ago. In November 2009 the tree split in two parts, opening up an enormous hollow.
The diameter of the tree before the split was 15.9 metres, circumference - 47 metres. The height is 17 metres, and the spread of crown is 37.05 m.
The dates "1893" and "1896" are carved on the tree's stem.
Baobab
Adansonia is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island....
(Adansonia digitata L.) in South Africa, and possibly the stoutest tree in the world. The tree is located in Glencoe Farm, near Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit is a town situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg , in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden.-Economy:...
, Limpopo Province and had a trunk diameter 15.9 metres.
The tree divides into several trunks close to the ground. The main trunk had lowered into the ground a long time ago. In November 2009 the tree split in two parts, opening up an enormous hollow.
The diameter of the tree before the split was 15.9 metres, circumference - 47 metres. The height is 17 metres, and the spread of crown is 37.05 m.
The dates "1893" and "1896" are carved on the tree's stem.