Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

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(4 Dec 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 02 December 2025 1. Various aerials of Towering Talipot palms flowering ++MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 03 December 2025 2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Aline Saavedra, biologist at Rio de Janeiro State University: “It is very attention-grabbing because of its colossal size. We say that these are palm trees of the Corypha umbraculifera species are living monuments. They can reach up to 30 meters in height