The tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world is the "spindle tree"

In nature, every plant needs water, sunlight, nutrition and so on, and water is the most critical growth factor. Also, do you know the name of the tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world, and what are its growth habits and characteristics? Let's have a look!

The tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world is the "spindle tree"

Spindle-shaped tree (30 meters high and up to 5 meters in diameter)

World Record Name: The tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world is Haloxylon ammodendron.

World record creator:? Euonymus persicae

World record field: trees

The world record rule: 1, the tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world.

World record number: 20121100017.

World record validity:? Until the record is broken.

World record witness:? No.0065438+No.0002, the world record holder for carrying the flag.

World Records Source: National Flag World Records Library

World Record Release Date: 20 12 1 1.25.

World record details:

The tree with the largest water storage capacity in the world is Haloxylon ammodendron. The spindle tree is 30 meters high, tapering at both ends and expanding in the middle. The thickest part can be up to 5 meters in diameter, and there are about 2 tons of water in it. In the rainy season, it absorbs a lot of water, stores it and supplies it for its own consumption in the dry season.

Growth habit of spindle tree

Like warm, dry, sunny places, home cultivation can not be placed in places lacking direct sunlight, otherwise the stems will lose the characteristics like Buddha's belly. The optimum growth temperature is 26 ~ 28℃. If it is lower than 10℃, it is easy to shed leaves but still bloom. Seeding is used for breeding, and the stems of annual seedlings are slightly enlarged. It can also be propagated by cutting twigs. The optimum growth temperature is 26-28℃, and the temperature is lower than 10℃, which is easy to cause defoliation, and deciduous plants are more likely to bloom. (fortune telling)

Spindle tree morphology

High 18-25m, small in cold areas. Its trunk is unique in shape, bottle-shaped, and its leaves are about 10cm long, whole or deeply split. The flowers are pale yellow, bell-shaped, and racemes grow at the ends of branches, with capsules and many seeds.

The peculiar appearance of bottle trees is related to their living environment. The Amazon river basin in northern Brazil is hot and rainy, belonging to the tropical rain forest area; The south and east have long dry season, dry climate and dry soil, which are savanna belts. In the tropical rain forest (tropical sparse forest), there are rainy and dry seasons in a year, but the rainy season is short, so the bottle tree lives in this middle zone, and its ecology adapts to this specific environment. Falling leaves in dry season or growing rare new leaves in rainy season are all aimed at reducing evaporation and loss of water in plants. The root system of bottle tree is very developed. After the rainy season comes, try to absorb water and store it for later use. Generally, a big tree can store 2 tons of water, just like a green water tower. Therefore, it will not dry up and die in the long dry season.

The value of spindle tree

Shahai "drinks"

Spindle trees, like tourist bananas, can provide water for travelers in the desert. As long as people dig a small hole in the tree, fresh thirst-quenching "drinks" can flow out continuously to solve people's urgent need for water in the vast sand sea.