Africa’s tallest trees

While world records of tree heights were set by American, Australian and Asian tree species, Africa seemed to play no role here. A group of researchers led by Dr. Andreas Hemp, Department of Plant Systematics at the University of Bayreuth, shows in a recent study that individuals of the tree species Entandrophragma excelsum found in a remote valley at Kilimanjaro has to be included in the list of the world’s superlative trees - and to be protected.