Recorded at the 5x15 zoom online event on 20th April, 2020.

This wonderful talk by Jonathan Drori contained pictures of trees. We listed the names of the trees mentioned in his presentation slides below and we hope this would help you follow his talk better, enjoy!

00:44:00 Dieffenbachia/ Dumb Cane (US)

01:49:00 Opium Poppy

02:53:00 Wax Palm (Colombia), Quiver tree (Namibia), Banyan Tree, Dragon Tree (Socotra), Baobab tree (Madagascar)

03:31:00 Coastal Redwood, (other trees shown in slides: Swam Gump, Douglas Fir)

06:03:00 Pachypodium (Madagascar), Oak Trees

06:38:00 Cherry laurel, Manchineel, Caffeine

07:32:00 Kauri Tree (New Zealand)

09:43:00 (Example shown in slide: Delonix Regia)

11:54:00 Coconut

12:33:00 Coco De Mer

10:15:00 Durian flower

Ravenala/ Traveller’s palm (Madagascar), Raffed Lemur (animal)

15:14:00 Cedar of Lebanon

16:09:00 Quiver tree (The national tree of Namibia)

Jonathan Drori is a Trustee of The Eden Project and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and on the Board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. He is a member of the Council of Ambassadors of the WWF and is also an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust and Botanic Gardens Conservation International.

He is a former Trustee of The Woodland Trust and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (where he also chaired its commercial arm). He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Zoological Society of London.

Jonathan has previously been Head of Commissioning for BBC Online, and before that, an Executive Producer and Director of more than fifty prime-time BBC television science and technology documentaries and series. He’s also known for several TED talks on pollen, seeds and flowers - which have been viewed more than 3 million times. He was made CBE by H. M The Queen in December 2006.

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