Which Amazon Tree Species Is Known as the Walking Palm?

💡 The Answer

• The walking palm, Socratea exorrhiza, has stilt roots that can shift the trunk.
• It allegedly 'walks' by growing new roots toward sunlight and letting old ones die.
• Movement is very slow, only a few centimeters per year at most.
• The phenomenon is debated among scientists, but it remains a popular legend of the Amazon.