The largest catalogued leaf is in the Casa da Ciência, in Manaus. The tree with the largest foliage, Coccoloba gigantifolia, It was first recorded in 1982 by botanist Carlos Alberto Cid Ferreira, from the National Institute of Amazonian Research. The species is rare, and to date has only been found in the Madeira River basin, in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, in the center and southwest of the Brazilian Amazon.
"THE Coccoloba giant leaves “It is the largest dicotyledon in the world. And I only found a few trees in the Madeira basin, in four locations. The largest [cataloged leaf] is in the herbarium of the Casa da Ciência, in Manaus, and measures 2.5 by 1.44 meters. We do not know of a plant with this size in the world”, says Carlos Alberto.
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