Glencoe Baobab

{{Short description|Baobab tree in South Africa}}

{{Use South African English|date = March 2023}}

{{Infobox tree

| name = Glencoe Baobab

| height = {{cvt|17|m}}

| diameter = {{cvt|15.90|m}}

| coordinates = {{coord|24|22|26.2|S|30|51|27.5|E|type:landmark_region:ZA-LP|display=inline,title}}

| location = Hoedspruit, Limpopo

| species = Adansonia digitata

}}

File:SAbaobab.jpg, South Africa is of the same species (Adansonia digitata) as the Glencoe Baobab]]

Glencoe Baobab is the stoutest and second largest baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) after the Sagole Baobab{{Cite web |title=Adansonia digitata {{!}} PlantZAfrica |url=https://pza.sanbi.org/adansonia-digitata |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=pza.sanbi.org}} in South Africa. It is possibly the stoutest tree in the world. The Champion Tree is located in Glencoe Farm, near Hoedspruit, Limpopo and had a trunk diameter of {{convert|15.9|m|abbr=on}}.

The tree divides into several trunks close to the ground. The main trunk had lowered into the ground a long time ago. In November 2009 the tree split in two parts, opening up an enormous hollow.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article238157.ece|title=Tree doctors to the rescue.|date=|website=|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004075537/http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article238157.ece|archive-date=4 October 2010|author=Times Live|accessdate=2010-01-26}}

The diameter of the tree before the split was {{convert|15.9|m|abbr=on}} with a circumference of {{convert|47|m|abbr=on}}. The height is {{convert|17|m|abbr=on}}, and the spread of crown is {{convert|37.05|m|abbr=on}}.{{cite news |title = List of champion trees published for comment |author = South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry}}

The dates "1893" and "1896" are carved on the tree's stem.{{cite web |url = http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/adansondigit.htm |title = Adansonia digitata A L. |author = Andrew Hankey |accessdate = 2010-01-20}} Radiocarbon dating performed in 2013 suggested an age of 1,835 years.{{cite web |last1=Grové |first1=Naas |title=How old can trees be?|url=http://www.northwestnewspapers.co.za/herald/home/series/indigenous-trees/38-english-indigenous-trees/73-how-old-can-trees-be |website=northwestnewspapers.co.za |publisher=Rustenburg Herald |accessdate=13 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422121913/http://www.northwestnewspapers.co.za/herald/home/series/indigenous-trees/38-english-indigenous-trees/73-how-old-can-trees-be |archive-date=2016-04-22 |url-status=dead}}