Colombia's Largest Tree Is So Big in Diameter, It Has Grown Pillars to Support Its Branches

What’s the biggest tree in the world? General Sherman is certainly at the top of contenders, but then look at this. In the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean region, there is a tree some mistakenly call ‘The Tree of Guacarí’, which was another enormous tree in the same area, rather similar in looks to the tree we are presenting now. That tree, otherwise called the Samán of Guacarí, used to feature on Colombian 500 peso coins in the 90s.

The foliage is so huge, the tree has grown pillars to support it. A wonderful sight indeed. Under this colossal tree, one has the sensation of being in the basement of a great building, with many columns that support the giant mass, Viajar en Verano reports. Some people in Latin America call it 'The Tree That Walks", because of its 'feet' with which it ensures its expansion. Indeed, the pillars it has grown are like limbs through which it advances to cover a larger area with its branches to receive the sun's rays more directly or find more fertile land to feed on. Even more interestingly, the Tree of San Marcos is not a tree. It's several trees. Image credit: Viajar en Verano