Glencoe Baobab is the stoutest and second largest baobab ( Adansonia digitata L.) after the Sagole Baobab 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 .
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.
The diameter of the tree before the split was with a circumference of . The height is , and the spread of crown is .
The dates "1893" and "1896" are carved on the tree's stem. Radiocarbon dating performed in 2013 suggested an age of 1,835 years.
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