https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oldest-tree-on-earth-6000-years/
A photograph supposedly showing the “oldest tree on earth” is frequently shared on social media. In July 2019, for instance, a post from the Facebook page Imagina claimed the tree shown below was 6,000 years old and was located in Tanzania. The post received more than 50,000 shares:
This is not the oldest tree in the world, nor is the pictured tree 6,000 years old...
As of this writing, no tree has been verified to be 6,000 or more years old. The record holder for “oldest tree in the world” is a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) near Wheeler Peak in the Rocky Mountains in Nevada. This tree, dubbed “Prometheus,” was cut down in the 1960s by geographer Donald R. Currey.
Currey, who had been granted permission from the U.S. Forest Service to take core samples of bristlecone pines in the area, found 4,862 growth rings at the center of this tree. As harsh conditions may have prevented this tree from forming a ring every year, Prometheus’ age was estimated to be 4,900 years old...
Touchee !
Then I switch my allegiance to the bristle cone pine!
No more baobab for me.