Flamboyant Tree, Brazil The flamboyant tree is endemic to Madagascar, but it grows in tropical areas around the world. Dragonblood Trees, Yemen The dragonblood tree earned its fearsome name due to its crimson red sap, which is used as a dye and was used as a violin varnish, an alchemical ingredient, and a folk remedy for various ailments. The President, Third-Largest Giant Sequoia Tree In The World, California President, located in Sequoia National Park in California, stands 241 ft (73m) tall and has a ground circumference of 93 ft (28m). It is the third largest giant sequoia in the world (second if you count its branches in addition to its trunk). Maple Tree Tunnel in Oregon Rainbow Eucalyptus In Kauai, Hawaii The rainbow eucalyptus, which grows throughout the South Pacific, is both useful and beautiful. It is prized for both the colorful patches left by its shedding bark and for its pulpwood, which is used to make paper. Jacarandas in Cullinan, South Africa These beautiful Jacarandas, with their violet flowers, grow in South Africa. This avenue of oak trees was planted some time in the 1790s on Dixie Plantation in South Carolina. These baobabs in Madagascar are excellent at storing water in their thick trunks to use during droughts.
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