african acacias

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Acacia erioloba
... Acacia erioloba E.Mey. Family : Fabaceae Common names : camel thorn; kameeldoring (Afr.) South African Tree No .: 168 The beautiful, slow-growing camel thorn grows well in poor soils ... Africa will soon change to give recognition to the differences between the Australian acacias and the African acacias. The African acacias will more than likely be divided into two separate genera, Vachalia and ...
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Acacia karroo
... epidermis ("skin") and are always short and curved, a bit like rose thorns. Thorns on African acacias are important for identification, they are divided into 5 main groups according the size, shape ... 32. Oxford Forestry Institute. Oxford. Joffe, P. 2001. Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants: A South African Guide. Briza. Pretoria Palmer, E and Pitman, N. 1972. Trees of Southern Africa: Volume 2 ...
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Arboretum Images 5
... beautiful flowering tree is commonly cultivated in San Diego County. Bright red seeds of the African kafferboom coral tree (Erythrina caffra). The seeds in the above photo were collected at ... prominent gland with paired (jugate) glands on the rachis (red arrow). In Central American thorn acacias, similar petiolar glands supply symbiotic ants with carbohydrate-rich nectar. The ants protect the trees ...
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Flowering Plants
... Enormous Genus Of Flowering Trees & Shrubs Central American Thorn Acacias With Symbiotic Ants A Giraffe Browsing On Spiny South African Acacia The Incredible Fig/Fig Wasp Scenario Stranglers And ... and tallest, flowering plants are certainly close rivals for these records with the African baobab (Adansonia digitata), Indian banyan (Ficus bengalensis) and the magnificent Australian Eucalyptus regnans. ...
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Garden Calendar
... Camellias Kaffirboom Coral Tree Michelia doltsopa Pink Ball Dombeya Sasanqua Camellias February Acacias Aloes, Euphorbias Asiatic Magnolias Australian Cassias Australian Shrubs Azaleas Clivias Dombeya cacuminum ... Pink Ball Dombeya Pink Cloud Cherry Reticulata Camellias South African bulbs Sykesii Coral Tree Taiwan Cherry March Acacias Australian Mint Brush Australian Shrubs Azaleas Chinese Fringe ...
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MBG: Photo Essays: Images of Dry Tropical Habitat
... people have seen images of giraffes, zebras, and elephants congregating around African waterholes during a dry season, with flat- topped Acacias or baobab trees adding a strange air to the landscape. Savannah ...
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Jay's Orchid Species Encyclopedia -Kenya- Africa
... Ibis. Do you think Andres liked feeding them?? We also saw an African Spoonbill which sure is a different color than where I come from ... it was not to be confused with a "hornybill" which is the African common name for Bill Clinton. Some species of antelope are not as ... and Kenya's Tallest. There is a lot of roadside business and Acacias, Africa's most common tree [there are twenty or so species]. Here ...
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Internet Directory for Botany: Vascular Plant Families
... (Gesneriaceae), by Ken'ichi Okishita from Japan. Triangle African Violet Society, North Carolina, USA. The Triangle AVSA is an official African Violet Society of America affiliate located in the Research ... America by Shirley A. Graham, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, USA. Leguminosae: Acacias at the Australian National Botanic Gardens The Amazing Story of Kudzu, from the The ...
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