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Madeira Island Magazine - November / December 2020

The new Madeira Island Magazine!!! What you need to know about Europe's Leading Island Destination. The Forte de São Bento, Visit Chão da Ribeira, David Bannerman’s visit to Madeira, Tradicional Recipes with Sugarcane, Discover the Photography Museum, A bit of history with Machico – The bay of the buried lovers, Surfing Madeira’s Waves, Winter Wonderland - Top 7 Hotspots and much more. Merry Christmas Madeira and a Happy New Year 2021!

The new Madeira Island Magazine!!! What you need to know about Europe's Leading Island Destination.

The Forte de São Bento, Visit Chão da Ribeira, David Bannerman’s visit to Madeira, Tradicional Recipes with Sugarcane, Discover the Photography Museum, A bit of history with Machico – The bay of the buried lovers, Surfing Madeira’s Waves, Winter Wonderland - Top 7 Hotspots and much more.

Merry Christmas Madeira and a Happy New Year 2021!

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NATUREZA E SUSTENTABILIDADE - Flora | NATURE AND SUSTAINABILITY

TIL &

Vinhático

Til

O til cresce de 15 a 30 metros de altura

e é utilizado na fabricação de móveis. O

til é endémico da Macaronésia (Madeira,

Açores e Canárias), aparecendo na

Laurissilva, em geral entre os 400 e os

1400 m de altitude.

Laurissilva madeirense ocupa uma superfície aproximada

A de 15000 hectares (representando 20% do total da

ilha), nas encostas viradas a norte, revestindo de forma

luxuriante as íngremes vertentes e os profundos vales do remoto

interior, representando nos nossos dias a mais extensa e a melhor

conservada Laurissilva das ilhas atlânticas.

A floresta Laurissilva apresenta um aspecto uniforme, sempre

verde, ao longo de todo o ano, dado que a quase totalidade das

árvores e dos arbustos que a compõem, nunca perdem a folha. Entre

as árvores merecem especial destaque o Til e o Vinhático, todas da

família das Lauráceas.

Vinhático

O vinhático é outro gigante da floresta

madeirense, crescendo até 25

metros de altura, e dá uma madeira

avermelhada muito semelhante ao

mogno, que também é usado na

fabricação de móveis.

adeira’s laurel forest covers an area of about 15,000 hectares

m which represents about 20% of the island.

In December 1999 UNESCO officially listed it as a World

Natural Heritage.

Two of the main indigenous trees of Madeira are the til and the vinhático.

The til grows from 15 to 30 meters in height and is used in furniture making.

The til is endemic to Macaronesia (Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands),

appearing in laurel forests between 400 and 1,400 meters in altitude.

The vinhático is another giant of the Madeira forest, growing up to 25

meters in height, and gives a reddish wood very similar to mahogany which is

also used in furniture-making.

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