Height25 m
8.33Diving boards
4.55Parking space lengths
33.3Human strides
Typical mature specimen
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Baobab
The upside-down tree that stores a swimming pool in its trunk/Plants
Baobabs (Adansonia) look like they've been yanked out of the ground and stuck back in upside down, earning them the nickname "upside-down tree." Their swollen trunks can store up to 120,000 liters of water, making them living reservoirs in the African savanna. Some are so massive that their hollowed trunks have been used as bars, prisons, and bus shelters.
Measurements
Trunk diameter11 m
23.4 millionBlue light wavelengths
2.5 hundredthsEmpire State Buildings
83.3 sextillionthsMagellanic Cloud widths
Some trunks exceed 11 m across
Total mass75,000 kg
93.2 millionthsGolden Gate Bridge masses
1.8 tenthsSpace Stations
16.7Ambulances
About 75 metric tons when hydrated
Water storage volume120 m³
3,000Kitchen sinks
1.3 quintillionRed blood cell volumes
Up to 120,000 liters in the trunk
Trunk circumference34 m
340 billionX-ray wavelengths
42.5 millionthsFlorida lengths
68,000Tardigrade body lengths
Largest recorded circumference
Maximum age63.1 billion s
2.1 billionTikToks
8.8 millionNaps
Some specimens over 2,000 years old
Fruit length3 tenths m
789,474Violet light wavelengths
1Light-nanosecond
16.7 trillionthsLight-minutes
Fruit pods about 30 cm long