イチジク大滝？(Curtain Fig Tree)

10月19日（火）快晴

 

熱帯雨林の巨木も雨が降ってこそ成長します。熱帯のイチジクは鳥に種が運ばれて他の木に着生すると次々と気根を伸ばして元の木を絞め殺します。「カーテン・イチジク」と名付けられたテーブルランドの巨木は樹齢500年。ケアンズから車で1時間半。駐車場から木道を歩いて3分。

カーテン・イチジク　

 

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Curtain Fig Tree

Yue. October 19 : fine

Giant trees in the tropical rain forest grow only in the rainfall. The seeds of tropical figs are brought by birds first, and then they insert to other trees, extend their aerial roots one by one and finally strangle the original tree to death. The giant tree named “Curtain Fig Tree” is 500 years old. It takes 1 and half hours from Cairns by car plus 3minutes from parking area on foot on the boardwalk.

 

Curtain Fig Tree