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Big Tree in Chirinda Forest
Location
Zimbabwe
Height
65
Diameter
4.5
Big Tree (or The Big Tree in Chirinda Forest) is the tallest indigenous tree in Zimbabwe, and a declared National Monument. The tree is 65 metres tall and 4.5 metres wide.[1] Its age is approximately 1,000 years.[2] The tree is located in the centre of Chirinda Forest (formerly known as Selinda) in southeast Zimbabwe at the southernmost part of the country's Eastern Highlands. Big Tree is a Khaya anthotheca or Nyasa redwood tree (previously referred to as Khaya nyasica). In December 1986, it reached 65 metres tall[1] and 5.25 metres wide. The trunk is heavily buttressed at the base, which complicates measurement.
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