Guanacaste tree, national tree

Declared a national tree on August 31, 1959 as a tribute to the gesture of the Guanacastecans to annex the country thanks to a campaign by the director of the disappeared newspaper La Tribuna. The name of Guanacaste comes from the Aztec language “Guautil”: tree; “Nacaztli”: ear (like the tree of the ears or the tree that hears). This is due to the shape of its fruits, hard pods of brilliant brown color with an ear shape.

This wonderful tree is thick bark and gray, rough. This tree is used in tanneries to tan skins, just like the crushed liquid is used to wash clothes. The leaf keeps it green for eight to nine months in the year. Its fruits represent a very important source of food for wildlife in the summer. It is a tree that needs a lot of water, light and sun. It can reach up to 15 meters high and the diameter of its trunk can be up to 4 meters. It is a deciduous tree (that is, it loses all its leaves during a season of the year). It is considered a lively tree, for its power and long life, which is 60 to 70 years.

¡No te pierdas de ver este increíble árbol llena de historia!