5 Brazilian trees bigger than 20-story buildings

Brazil is very rich in forests. They cover more than half of the national territory. Most of it is concentrated in the Amazon, in vegetation spread across 9 states: Amazonas, Acre, Amapá, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins and Maranhão. Many trees exceed the height of a 20-story building. One study listed about 170 species of giant trees.

O Incredible.club brings you the top 5 of Brazilian giant trees.

There are reports that a species located in Espírito Santo is 800 years old. This species can reach 65 meters in height.

Another tree that can also reach an incredible 65 meters in height. It is also called monkey apricot and produces a fruit of about 2 kg resembling a coconut, however, it is not edible.

Its main feature, in addition to reaching 60 meters in height, is the quality of its wood, widely used in various sectors, such as naval and civil construction. Because of this, it is one of the most used in reforestation.

This tree is a symbol of the Southeast States. In Santa Catarina, he receives tributes. Its trunk can reach 6 meters in diameter and the literature indicates that a specimen of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the interior of São Paulo, is 3 thousand years old.

Samaúma is found only in the Amazon. One of the curiosities of this tree, which reaches 60 meters in height, is that it is able to draw from the waters of the rivers and then irrigate trees close to it.

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