Izihlahla ziyisikhathi eside seplanethi yethu, ngoba kunezibonelo ezivele ziphendukile eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane eziningana ubudala. Kodwa ukubala ukuthi zingaki izihlahla ezindala kakhulu emhlabeni ezingenakwenzeka, njengoba iningi lazo likhula kude nempucuko, lapho kwakungekho muntu okwamanje.
Kulesi sihloko, sizokutshela ngemithi edume kakhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni.
I-Fir "I-Old Tzhikko"
Ukukhula kwamuva ngenxa yokufudumala kwezwe eNtabeni Fulu eSweden, amahlumela amasha ama-5 angaphezulu kwalesi sihlahla sase-spruce, anezimpande ezindala kuneminyaka engu-9500. Ukuze kunqume lokhu, ukuhlaziywa okukhethekile kwesistimu yempande kwenziwa.
Pine "uMethusela"
Ikhula endaweni yokugcina indawo "Inju" eningizimu yeCalifornia. Le phayini yiyona edume kakhulu kunazo zonke izihlahla ezindala kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa ukuthi zingakanani, aziwa. Abanye ososayensi bathi isibalo 4776, abanye bathi kakade sekuyiminyaka engu-4846.
Ngesinye isikhathi ngenxa yegama lakhe, uMethusela washona wafa ngakho abasebenzi bepaki baqala ukuyifihla izivakashi.
I-Cypress "i-Sarv-e-Abarkhuk"
Le cypress inamamitha angu-25 ubude futhi ibhanti lamamitha ayi-11, ekhulile edolobheni lase-Iranian lase-Abarhuk, esifundazweni saseYazd, kuthathwa njengesihlahla esidala kunazo zonke e-Asia. Isikhathi sakhe esilinganiselwa eminyakeni engu-4000 - 4500.
Tis "Llangernyu Yu"
UTis, owakhulela egcekeni lesonto elincane enyakatho yeWales (UK), eminyakeni engaba ngu-4000 eyedlule - umuthi omdala kakhulu eYurophu. Ngenxa yokuthi amahlumela amasha ekhula njalo, ebopha isiqu sakhe, uhlala iminyaka eminingi.
I-cypress ye-Patagonian noma i-Fitzroy cypress
Lesi yisihlahla sesibili esidala emhlabeni wonke, esinobudala obusekelwe kahle, ngokubala izindandatho ze-stem. Ososayensi bayaqiniseka ukuthi lesi sihlahla sesivele sineminyaka engu-3626 ubudala. I-cypress ikhula eningizimu yeChile, epaki likazwelonke lase-Alerka.
I-Cypress "Senenator"
Omunye wabantu abadala kakhulu futhi abade kunazo zonke (38 m) bepaki yezemithi yasendulo eFlorida. Kukholelwa ukuthi ubudala bakhe cishe eminyakeni engama-3500.
I-Cryptomeria "Dzemon Sugi"
Lona ngumuthi omkhulu kunazo zonke kunazo zonke eJapane, amamitha angu-25 ubude namamitha angu-16 kubhande. Ikhula emthambekeni wezintaba eziphakeme kakhulu esiqhingini saseJakushima. Ngemva kokwenza ucwaningo oludingekile, ososayensi banqume ukuthi iminyaka yakhe ingaphansi kweminyaka engama-2000, mhlawumbe iminyaka engu-7000.
Sequoia "Jikelele uSherman"
Umuthi ode kakhulu e-United States. Ukuphakama kwalo kunamamitha angu-83, kanti iminyaka engu-2300 - 2700. Thola General Sherman kungaba Sequoia National Park eCalifornia.
Ngeshwa, ensimini yeRussia ne-Ukraine ayikho imithi enjalo eneminyaka eyizinkulungwane ubudala.
Umuthi omdala kakhulu eRussia yiGreenwald Oak, ekhula edolobheni laseLadushka, esifundeni saseKaliningrad. Kukholelwa ukuthi wayeyi-totem yamaZizwe ayehlala kule ndawo ngaphambili.
Futhi umuthi omdala kakhulu e-Ukraine ungumuthi we-oki, unzalamizi oneminyaka engu-1300 ubudala. Itholakala ephepheni elithi "Josephine dacha" wesifunda saseRivne. Ngenxa yokuthi wayevame ukushaywa ngombani, umuthi usempofu, ngakho-ke indawo evikelekile yenziwa ngokuzungezile.
Ngaphezu kokudala kunazo zonke, izihlahla eziphakeme kunazo zonke zomhlaba nazo zinesithakazelo.