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The Gigantic Kapok Tree

Gigantic Kapok Tree

Gigantic Kapok Tree

 

These pictures are of a gigantic Cotton-Silk Kapok tree, located in Lal Bagh Gardens in Bangalore, India; taken on news years day 2010. It is arguably the largest specimen of a Kapok tree in the world.
The tree is native to Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America tropical and had been introduced in other tropical countries of the world. To the Mayan people, the tree is a sacred symbol.

Gigantic Kapok Tree

Gigantic Kapok Tree


Adam
Adam
I'm a Chartered Arboriculturist at AWA Tree Consultants Ltd. As well as detailing our recent tree survey and arboricultural consultant work, this blog includes wide ranging arboricultural musings, including tree facts, opinion and anecdotes on trees in human culture.

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