No, that’s not a little motai, but a big tree.
What’s the biggest tree in the world? Geeral Sherma is definitely at the top of the list, but look at this.
In the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean region, there is a tree some mistakenly call “The Tree of Gacar,” which was another Eormo’s tree in the same area and has a rather similar look to the tree we are presenting.
That tree, otherwise called the Samá of Gacar, sold for 500 pesos in Colombia in the 1990s. It was a Samaea sama, also sometimes known as a rai tree, and it was cut down in 1989 as its thick braches began to detach.
Regarded as Colombia’s largest tree, the gigatic fig is so huge, in fact, that from a distance, you could mistake it for a hill. Indeed, as you approach it, you get the sense of being dwarfed until you feel really tired. That’s just atrocious, though, as this giat is allegedly 30 meters high and 75 meters in diameter (we couldn’t find decisive proof, but the images seem to indicate this).
The tree has incredible foliage that looks like a green motai, with braches that kiss the ground as if paying homage to Mother Earth. Not only do they kiss the earth, but they also support the fact that the tree itself has grown from aerial roots coming from the branches furthest from the trunk.
More interestingly, the Tree of Sa Marcos is not a tree. It’s several trees.
