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Gyranthera caribensis
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Gyranthera caribensis

Gyranthera caribensis is a rainforest tree in the Amazon forest of southern Venezuela. Traditionally placed in the Baobab Family (Bombacaceae), which is now a subfamily of the Mallow Family (Malvaceae). One individual called "El Pie Grande" ("Bigfoot") near Orgueta, Venezuela, has a diameter at breast height (DBH) of 18 ft 6in (17.12 meters girth), possibly the thickest presently living in the Amazon Basin.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 185543.