It is possible that, among all visits, the most remarkable one occurred
in 1925 when Albert Einstein, the creator of the Theory of Relativity,
after having heard the description of the properties of the Jequitibá (Cariniana)
from Pacheco Leão, Director of the Botanical Garden at the time, hugged
and kissed the enormous plant.
"Visiting the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro in the pleasant
and lovely company of Professor Pacheco Leão is of the most remarkable occurrences
I've had through visual impressions. I would like to express once more my
deepest gratitude".(1)
From left
to right, Antônio Pacheco Leão, Albert Einstein and a rabbi - BGRJ Files
(1) Text taken from the BGRJ Visiting Book - 1925.
