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Handout picture released by SETEC (Science and Technology Secretary of Amapa State) showing the biggest Dinizia excelsa tree, known in Brazil as Angelim vermelho, found in the Paru State Forest which is shared by the northern Brazilian states of Amapa and Para in the Amazon basin, on August 21, 2019. – The tree (pictured here) is 88 metres high and has a circumference of 5,5 metres. The sanctuary of giant Dinizia excelsa tress was found by researchers from the Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), from Minas Gerais State, coordinated by professor Eric Bastos Gorgens in partnership with researchers from the British Universities of Cambridge and Swansea. (Photo by Rafael ALEIXO / SETEC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / SETEC / RAFAEL ALEIXO / HO” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS