About Cariniana estrellensis (Raddi) Kuntze
Cariniana estrellensis (Raddi) Kuntze is a species of rainforest tree belonging to the Lecythidaceae family. It is native to South America, and individuals of this species can grow to extraordinary sizes. One of the largest rainforest trees ever measured by a formally college-trained forester was a C. estrellensis measured by Edmundo Navarro de Andrade. This tree had a girth of 22 meters (72 feet), with no buttresses and no basal trunk swelling. Another C. estrellensis individual was measured by botanical explorer David G. Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop on the Bergon Coffee Estate, located near São Paulo. This individual measured 6 meters (20 feet) in diameter 1.8 meters above soil level, and had a fallen limb that measured 1.2 meters (3 feet 11 inches) thick and 15 meters (49 feet) long.
