Red Mahogany (Khaya anthotheca) in Chiranda Forest, Mount Selinda, Zimbabwe
The Big Tree growing in Chirinda Forest in Mt. Selinda, Zimbabwe, is the tallest indigenous tree in Zimbabwe, and a declared National Monument. The tree is 65 metres tall and 4.5 metres wide. Its age is approximately 1,000 years. 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. Big Tree is protected within the Chirinda Forest Botanical Reserve, administered by Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Estate. It sustained damage from people carving their initials into it. The tree is dying, indicated by its declining height and the loss of its topmost branches. Whether this is due to human damage or a natural process is unknown. I first observed this impressive tree in 2001 and photographed it. I included a description of it in my book, ‘The Flame Lily Weeps’ published by Pneumasprings Press Ltd.
This unique autobiography describes the life of a white Zimbabwean growing up in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and subsequently after the attainment of independence on 18th April 1980, in Zimbabwe, and, thereafter, his move and settling in the UK. It provides a comfortable, quick read and is not meant to be an exhaustive family, historical or political account. Instead, it was born from a desire to reveal and elucidate the perspectives and truth of poignant issues in the country’s transition from a British colony to an independent, one party state. This book also grants the reader an insight into the build-up of political and economic anarchy that has plunged Zimbabwe into a financial abyss and transformed the "bread-basket" of Africa, a once flourishing country, into a land ravaged by hunger, disease and poverty. Captivating and highly recommended!
https://www.pneumasprings.co.uk/product/the-flame-lily-weeps/
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The Big Tree growing in Chirinda Forest in Mt. Selinda, Zimbabwe, is the tallest indigenous tree in Zimbabwe, and a declared National Monument. The tree is 65 metres tall and 4.5 metres wide. Its age is approximately 1,000 years. 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. Big Tree is protected within the Chirinda Forest Botanical Reserve, administered by Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Estate. It sustained damage from people carving their initials into it. The tree is dying, indicated by its declining height and the loss of its topmost branches. Whether this is due to human damage or a natural process is unknown. I first observed this impressive tree in 2001 and photographed it. I included a description of it in my book, ‘The Flame Lily Weeps’ published by Pneumasprings Press Ltd.
This unique autobiography describes the life of a white Zimbabwean growing up in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and subsequently after the attainment of independence on 18th April 1980, in Zimbabwe, and, thereafter, his move and settling in the UK. It provides a comfortable, quick read and is not meant to be an exhaustive family, historical or political account. Instead, it was born from a desire to reveal and elucidate the perspectives and truth of poignant issues in the country’s transition from a British colony to an independent, one party state. This book also grants the reader an insight into the build-up of political and economic anarchy that has plunged Zimbabwe into a financial abyss and transformed the "bread-basket" of Africa, a once flourishing country, into a land ravaged by hunger, disease and poverty. Captivating and highly recommended!
https://www.pneumasprings.co.uk/product/the-flame-lily-weeps/
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