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Between (Reporter Rosie photo coverage) in Kaili City, Town Mazongling furnace, less than one meter from the two strains of trees trunk, attached to a natural crossbar, very surprising,woolrich milano, the local people have called these plants trees for the "hand couples tree."
December 31, 2013 morning, the reporter drove to Mazongling interviewed by the local villagers pointing find this strange tree two strains, one large and one small they are, standing about 20 meters, straight and tall, leafy. Ranked above the big old trees, bust two meters more than two adults to be clinging to it, slightly smaller trees at the bottom, an adult stretched out his hands to encircle it.
Trees from the ground in the two strains have a place to 1.8 meters around the trunk, there is a crossbar connecting the two strains of old trees up, this way, to form a hollow tree. At first glance, the reporter thought it was artificial graft, but carefully observed a moment of work, can not find any traces of man-made. "This is a natural root of the crossbar, which is that two strains of trees attractive place." This 88-year-old villager Long Friends fu said that many local villagers say, this is the root of the crossbar two trees pull together hand.
Reporters observed that both ends of the crossbar, respectively, from the two strains of trees grow out of the trunk, the bark of which is consistent with the two strains of tree bark, apparently of the same species. From the terms of the shape, both ends of the crossbar of the mast, the middle part will have much smaller, curved distance.
Long Friends fu old man told reporters that the two trees are red silk tree (common name), of which at least five hundred years old. "I have five or six years old, often to play under the tree, then, the size of these two strains of old trees and now there is not much difference." Long Friends Fu said. Local villagers have a tradition of caring for the trees, love these two trees is a plus. It is understood that there is usually not sensible child to a tree peeling, even a little bit, after seeing villagers will intercepted. "Our people say that two strains of trees stockade two elderly people is very precious." Long Friends Fu said.
It is understood that the Department of Fagaceae red silk tree species, growth over 1700, is the world's rare species, distributed in Hunan, Hainan and other regions of the same latitude, is now surviving trees are scarce.