Record no. MRB-2026-006740

The Tree of Ténéré, once the most isolated tree on Earth

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A lone acacia in the Ténéré desert of Niger was, until it was knocked down by a truck driver in 1973, considered the most isolated tree in the world, with no other tree within 400 kilometers.