"The Valley of Square Trees" in Panama has uniquely square-trunked trees, which are a species of the Malvaceae family called Quararibea asterolepis. They are naturally occurring.

These trees feature straight edges and distinct corners on their lower trunks and tree rings. Scientists from the University of Florida have attempted to grow saplings elsewhere, but the trees only retain this rare, right-angled shape in the specific volcanic soil of El Valle.
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