The giant in the rain forest

The kapok tree is a giant tree. It can grow up to 200 feet in height. And sometimes can grow as much as 13 feet per year. Can you believe that? Now you can see why it it called a giant. The kapok tree is a deciduous tree, which means it sheds all it's leaves during the dry season. Did you know that the oldest kapok tree is more than 50 meters and 700 years old? The kapok tree grows in tropical rainforests. So it can be found west Africa and southeast Asia today, but it originated from central and south America.