Trees That Can Walk in South Africa

It may sound strange, but this plant is - is able to walk. These plants come from tropical forests of South Africa. This plant can grow to 25 meters, has a stem with a length of 17 cm. This plant's name is "Socratea exorrhiza", commonly nicknamed the "Walking Palm" or "Cashapona"

These plants do not have the roots like other plants. As we see in the image, crop it as "standing" with the use of these roots. Yes, this plant is standing by its roots, and the more surprising is this plant can switch positions.

At first no one knew about the usefulness of the strange roots, but in 1961 a new fact about this plant is found. A tree was uprooted due to overwritten by other trees, but several days later, the new roots grow around the roots of the old.
2 Tree lined streets Can Walk

A few weeks later, the plant was almost standing upright again with a new root earlier. Although it can move, but the process is said to require longer periods of time. It says the movement is only about 1 meter per year.

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