 the following is a list of notable trees from around the world. trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by its historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. the list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as trees from myths and trees from fiction.  == real forests and individual trees == ===africa=== ====living==== {| class="wikitable" |- !name !species !location !age !significance |- |the cotton tree |kapok |freetown, sierra leone | - | 100px|left historic symbol of freetown. |- | wonderboom | fig tree | pretoria, south africa | - | 100px|left a sprawling fig tree in pretoria, south africa. |- |drago milenario | dracaena draco |icod de los vinos, tenerife | - | 100px|left has been a local tourist attraction for more than a hundred years (mentioned by alexander von humboldt, for instance). |- |sunland baobab |adansonia digitata |limpopo province, south africa | - | a giant and ancient baobab tree, with a pub in the hollow. |} ====historical==== {| class="wikitable" |- !name !species !location !age !significance |- |arbre du tÃ©nÃ©rÃ© |acacia |sahara desert | | 100px|left a very isolated tree in the sahara region, destroyed in 1973. |} ===asia=== ====living==== {|class="wikitable" |- !name !species !location !age (years) !notes |- |sisters olive trees of noah |olive |bcheale, batroun district, lebanon | | some claim these are the oldest living trees on earth. legends refer to these trees as the source of the olive branch in the genesis flood narrative.certificate issued by the lebanese government and the united nations fao'epic olive trees' by the olive oil times, article, 2012'bechealehâs ancient trees still producing high-end olive oil' by the daily star article, 2012'ancient olive branches' by the times of london article, 2006 |- |sacred trees on the grounds of taiqing-gong temple |gingko, juniper |mount lao near qingdao, china | various | the trees include a few ginkgos claimed to be around 1000 years old and a juniper claimed to be around 2600 years old, as well as a number of younger (but still ancient and giant) specimens. |- |cedars of god |[[lebanon c
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