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List of famous trees
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The following is a list of individual trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as trees from myths and religions.
Africa
Living
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Lost Tree | Acacia | Sahara desert 20°38′42″N 11°14′56″E / 20.645°N 11.249°E |
– | Isolated acacia tree, a landmark on the route across the Sahara. |
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Wonderboom tree in Pretoria | Wonderboom (Ficus salicifolia) | Pretoria, South Africa 25°41′13″S 28°11′30″E / 25.6870°S 28.1918°E |
– | A sprawling fig tree in Pretoria, South Africa. |
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El Drago Milenario | Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) | Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife 28°22′00″N 16°43′20″W / 28.3666°N 16.72222°W |
– | Local tourist attraction for more than a hundred years. |
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Sunland Baobab | Baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Limpopo Province, South Africa 23°37′16″S 30°11′53″E / 23.62111°S 30.19806°E |
1060 | A giant and ancient baobab tree, with a pub in the hollow. |
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Sagole Baobab | Baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Near Tshipise, in Vendaland, Limpopo Province, South Africa 22°30′00″S 30°38′00″E / 22.50000°S 30.63333°E |
Largest baobab in South Africa. | |
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Glencoe Baobab | Baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Hoedspruit, South Africa 24°22′25″S 30°51′24″E / 24.37361°S 30.85667°E |
1835 | Stoutest and second largest baobab in South Africa |
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Ombalantu baobab tree | Baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Outapi, Namibia 17°30′43″S 14°59′16″E / 17.51194°S 14.98778°E |
800 | Has served as a chapel, post office, house, and place of hiding. |
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Post Office Tree | White milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) | Mosselbay, South Africa 34°10′49″S 22°08′29″E / 34.180363°S 22.141382°E |
c. 600 | Acted as a "post office" in earlier times and now has a boot shaped postbox. |
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Treaty Tree | White milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) | Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa 33°55′35″S 18°27′05″E / 33.92626°S 18.45130°E |
c. 500 | Site of a peace treaty in 1806. |
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Big Tree in Chirinda Forest | Nyasa redwood (Khaya anthotheca ) | Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe 20°26′29″S 32°42′15″E / 20.44139°S 32.70417°E |
1000+ | A National Monument of Zimbabwe. The tree is currently in the process of dying. |
Historical
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Tree of Ténéré | Acacia | Sahara desert 17°45′00″N 10°04′00″E / 17.75000°N 10.06667°E |
A very isolated tree in the Sahara desert, notable before 1934, in Niger, destroyed in 1973. | |
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Panke Baobab | African baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Zimbabwe | 2,419 | Oldest documented non-clonal angiosperm. Tree fell in 2011.[1] |
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Chapman's Baobab | African baobab (Adansonia digitata) | Botswana | Found and named after James Chapman and marked by explorer David Livingstone. Tree fell in 2016.[2] | |
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The Cotton Tree | Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) | Freetown, Sierra Leone 8°29′14″N 13°14′08″W / 8.4872°N 13.2356°W |
~400 | Historic symbol of Freetown. The tree fell during a rainstorm on May 24, 2023. |
Asia
Living
| Image | Name | Species | Location | Age (years) | Notes |
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Cypress of Abarkuh | Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) | Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran | 4,500 | The second oldest living tree in the world. |
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Thimmamma Marrimanu | Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) | Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
800 | A clonal colony of Indian banyan with a crown area of over 11 acres. This is the largest tree in the world by crown area. |
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Osmania Lifesaver | Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
17.361719°N 78.475166°E |
300 | A large tamarind tree near the river Musi in Hyderabad. In 1908 150 people hung on to this tree for two full days amidst a severe flood. The tree stood strong and continues to do so after 110 years. The tree is currently over 300 years old.[3] |
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Wonder Balete | Balete tree | OISCA Farm in Canlaon, Philippines | 1,300 | The over 1,300-year-old balete tree (related to banyan trees) is probably the oldest known tree in the country as estimated by botanists from Silliman University.[4] |
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Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi | Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) | Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 8°20′41″N 80°23′48″E / 8.34472°N 80.39667°E |
2300 | A sacred fig propagated from the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC.[5] |
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Jōmon Sugi | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) | Yakushima island, Japan 30°21′40.76″N 130°31′55.81″E / 30.3613222°N 130.5321694°E |
– | Ancient specimen; one of the oldest trees on Yakushima. |
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Great sugi of Kayano | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) | Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan 36°13′39″N 136°21′36″E / 36.22750°N 136.36000°E |
2,300 | - |
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Big Banyan Tree | Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) | Ramohalli, Bangalore, India 12°54′34″N 77°23′44″E / 12.90944°N 77.39556°E |
400 | - |
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Tree of Life | Mesquite (Prosopis cineraria) | Bahrain 25°59′39″N 50°35′00″E / 25.994073°N 50.583235°E |
400 | - |
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Rahmat tree | Plane tree (Platanus) | Kermanshah, Kermanshahan Province, Iran | 700 | Located in the historical area of Taq Bostan. |
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The Ying Ke Pine, Yingkesong | Huangshan pine (Pinus hwangshanensis) | Huangshan, China | Thought to be 1,500 | Ying Ke, meaning "Welcoming-Guests" pine on Huangshan.[6] |
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Methuselah | Judean date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) | Israel[7] | 19[7] | The formerly extinct tree was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old seed. |
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Sahabi Tree | Atlantic Pistachio (Pistacia atlantica) | Safawi, Jordan | 1500 | Pistachio tree under which the Islamic prophet Muhammad supposedly sat. |
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Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree (金城武樹) |
Bishop wood (Bischofia javanica) | Chihshang, Taitung, Taiwan | About 40 | Made famous by advertisements for EVA Air with Takeshi Kaneshiro made in June 2013 under this tree. |
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King Cypress | Cypress (Cupressus gigantea) | Bayi District, Tibet | 2600 | Estimated to be ~2,600 years old. |
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Midh Ranjha Tree | Banyan (Ficus benghalensis | Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan | 600 | Oldest known tree in Pakistan, associated with folk legend of Heer Ranjha. |
