#camphor tree

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Photo: ©张霂佑tago

1950s.

Takeo's Okusu Tree Over 3000 years old, this camphor tree is the 7th largest tree in Japan. It is 30m tall with a trunk circumference of 20m, its branches span 30m wide from east to west, and 33m wide from north to south. This is the sacred tree of Takeo Shrine, which was built in the Nara period (735 CE). The roots of the tree resemble the feet of elephants and are wrapped in rough bark, with their central section split open near the surface of the ground. Inside is a gaping cavity with an area of 12 tatami mats, which houses a stone shrine deep within.

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A minute of botany. Camphor tree or camphor laurel is one of the evergreen trees growing on the streets of Batumi. We love the bizarre shapes of their trunks and their fantastic growth rate. (before our eyes, small seedlings turned into small trees in a year and a half).