Friday 26 August 2011
Africa: Sydney Gum Tree Crowned As the Tallest Tree in Africa
On 15 August 2011 tree climber, Leon Visser scaled and measured a Sydney gum tree (Eucalyptus saligna), towering at over 80 metres and breaking the previous South African tree height record held by two gum trees, known as the "Twin Giants of Magoebaskloof" by a metre. This tree has also reached a new African tree height record. The Sydney gum tree towers above a stand of gum trees planted in 1906 in the Woodbush Forest Estate in Limpopo province.
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