Arbol del Tule (Árbol del Tule)

Árbol del Tule. Girth - 36.2 m

One of the stoutest trees on Earth, Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). Girth 36.2 m, diameter 11.62 m, height 35.4 m. Discounting the buttresses of the trunk the diameter – 9.38 m. Volume 750 m³. Age estimated to be 1,400 – 1,600 years. Sacred Zapotec tree.

General Grant Tree

General Grant Tree sometimes around 1936

Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.)), the second largest tree in the world. Height 81.5 m, girth at breast height 27.8 m, volume 1,320 m3. This beautiful tree is declared as a National Shrine, a memorial to those who died in the war.

Del Norte Titan

The stoutest coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.), with a circumference of 22.73 m, 93.6 m tall. Another great tree – Lost Monarch has a larger circumference: 24.13 m, but this measurement includes multiple stems.

Banyan in Lomteuheakal

Large banyan in Tanna with ritual house built in the tree. This is not the banyan in Lomteuheaka

Many historical villages of Tanna island have giant banyan trees that are located in the center of local culture – dancing place (nasara). The diameter of such trees reportedly reaches 50 m. The tree in Lomteuheakal has an approximate trunk circumference of 26 m. Banyan of Yakel village has a house built on top – this house is used for the circumcision of local boys. Kaluas is considered by locals to be the largest banyan tree in the world. The tree is huge but, unfortunately, no data about its size was found.

Kamou no Ohkusu

Kamou no Ohkusu - the largest camphor tree in Japan

Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl.) with a circumference of 24.2 m. Tree is some 30 m high, with estimated age of 1,5 thousand years.

Reakaly baobab (Ampanihy baobab)

The stoutest baobab Adansonia za (Baill.), girth 23 m (plaque at the tree says that 27 m). One of the largest trees in Madagascar.

Giant Tingle Tree

Giant Tingle Tree with a person in front of the tree, Western Australia

Stoutest red tingle (Eucalyptus jacksonii), girth 22.3 m, 30 m high.

Tnjri (Skhtorashen plane-tree)

Tnjri - possibly the world's largest plane-tree

Giant plane-tree (Platanus orientalis). The circumference is 27 m, height of the tree – 54 m. The tree has a hollow with an area of 44 m². Between the roots of this tree starts Tengru spring.

Balete tree in Maria Aurora (Millenium Tree)

Balete tree in Maria Aurora, Philippines

Possibly the largest balete (Ficus balete) tree in Asia. Height of the tree up to 60 – 65 m. The girth of the trunk might exceed 30 m – it is told that 60 adult men are needed to get their arms around the tree, although it is hard to measure the tree due to countless roots around it.

Sagole Tree (Sagole Baobab)

Sagole Baobab, South Africa

The largest tree in South Africa. This giant Adansonia digitata has a circumference of 33.72 m and a height – 22 m. The stoutest known baobab (Adansonia digitata) with a circumference of 33.72 m.