Acacia drepanolobium-- Whistling Thorn
Description:
The swellings are domatia housing myrmecophile ants which protect the tree. An eastern Africa species, also known as Swollen Thorn and placed in the Vachellia genus by some. Photo from Songea region, Tanzania.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superrosids
- Rosids
- Fabales
- Fabaceae (legumes)
- Vachellia (acacia)
- Vachellia drepanolobium
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