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What tree can stop growing for more than twenty years, waiting for its chance?

The cotton tree, or ceiba, grows in tropical regions of South America and western Africa. It can reach a height of 60-70 meters, but at the first stage of its life, as a rule, it cannot do this due to lack of light due to the high density of trees in the jungle. Reaching the height of human growth, the ceiba sheds its leaves and stops growing until some old neighboring tree collapses, while the waiting period can stretch for up to twenty years or more. But as soon as the opportunity arises, the ceiba begins to reach up again, in most cases overtaking other trees, because it has an initial advantage.

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