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Guazuma Ulmifolia, Tree
A dramatically tall tree found in Charco Verde on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua. |
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The trees in Charco Verde were labeled with signs giving their popular name and their scientific name.
In Nicaragua, the Guazuma Ulmifolia was labeled:
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The Guazuma Ulmifolia can grow to over 30 meters in height. It is a lushly full tree providing
shade to the trail below.
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The trunk of this tree was virtually a single vertical post emerging from the ground.
It's base does not spread like so many of the other jungle trees surrounding it.
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Its bark was relatively smooth for such a large tree.
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Its leaves appeared dappled in the sunlight, but the dappling was the actual coloration of the leaves.
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The shape of the leaf was concave so that water would be channeled off the tip.
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The leaf had a serrerated edge that felt rough but not sharp.
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Branches of this tree grew in a tangle. It was unclear if this was typical or not.
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Smaller branches grew mostly upward from a horizontal branch.
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Here was what the view looked like when standing under the tree and looking up.
A lushly random arrangement of layers of branches and leaves.
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