A photograph supposedly showing the "oldest tree on earth" is frequently shared on social media. In July 2019, for instance, a post from the Facebook page Imagina claimed the tree shown below was ...

It’s possible the Tessmannia trees are scarce because they have specific needs found nowhere outside Udzungwa’s Mngeta Valley. Mngeta Valley, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Image by Andrea Bianchi.

The tree still grows in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa, but only in Tanzania and Mozambique does it currently grow tall enough to be harvested. "If we lose some of these species we are going to ...

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

SEVERSON: His name is Frederick Shoo and he is the Assistant Bishop of the northern diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania. He oversees 500,000 members and 164 parishes.

In July 2023, botanist Andrea Bianchi was driving in the Nguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania when the broad pods on a tree growing in a maize field near the road caught his eye.

New species of tree discovered in Tanzania mountains. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 07 / 190716103356.htm. University of York.

The other tree, Karomia gigas, was only known from a single specimen cut down a few years after it was first discovered in coastal Kenya in 1977. Another tree was found some 600 km away in a tiny ...

The national tree of Tanzania, the "Mpingo", used to make musical instruments, is one of the most valuable trees in the world, but it is under threat from illegal logging.

A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. A total of around 100 mature trees were found growing in two village land forest reserves ...