The tree goes by the botanic name copaifera langsdorfii and Jubow says it will produce about 40 liters of diesel a year, with one hectare (about two and a half acres) of the plants sufficient to produce the fuel needs of a medium-sized farm, about 12,000 liters.

Jubow operates Nunyara Wholesale Forestry Nursery and has been in the industry for 14 years. He first heard about the trees at a forestry conference; while he didn?EUR??,,????'?????<

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The trees are known to produce fuel for 70 years. While the fuel cannot be stored for more than a few months it can be tapped. However there are other benefits to the trees; if the oil is left too long, it thickens into copaiba oil which can also be sold as a homeopathic medicine. The tree?EUR??,,????'?????<