Acanthosicios bristled ( Latin Acanthosicyos horridus ) is one of two species of the genus Acanthosiosios . Also known as Nara . [2]
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 Nara Fruit | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Area
The species is endemic to the Namib desert , grows on sand dunes in a narrow coastal strip in Namibia and southern Angola . [3] [4]
Type Description
Nara is a low leafless plant up to 1.5 m high, a typical xerophyte . The root is ligneous, up to 10-12 m long , it stores water well. The fruit is pumpkin with sweet and sour pulp, the diameter can reach 25 cm . Sepals are hard, flowers are small, with pale yellow leathery petals . [5] The stalk is covered with small hairs and sharp spines protruding in all directions. [6]
Juicy fruits are eaten by local jackals and hyenas to quench their thirst . The seeds are practically not digested in the stomachs of animals , which contributes to the spread of acantosicios along with feces . The plant also serves as a food source for the local night grasshopper Acanthoproctus diadematus . [7]
Application
Locals consume the fruits to satisfy hunger and thirst. [five]
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Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ Africa's climate Archived February 3, 2012.
- ↑ Grubben, GJH & Denton, OA (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen
- ↑ Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook.f.
- ↑ 1 2 Nara Plant
- ↑ Acanthosios
- ↑ Conti; E .; FM Viglianisi. Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armored ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae) (Eng.) // Ethology Ecology & Evolution: journal. - 2005. - Vol. 17 , no. 3 - P. 261-269 . - DOI : 10.1080 / 08927014.2005.9522596 . Archived July 22, 2011.