Strange Plants in the World(Part-1)
1. Banyan Tree
The banyan tree was originally native to India. when growing it puts down rope like roots and as they take root in the soil. They thicken to create more tree trunks. One tree can spread out many meters. In the Kolkata Botanic Gardens, there is a banyan tree with more than 1700 trunks. That is 200 years old. During Alexander the Great's campaign in India. One banyan tree is said to have sheltered twenty thousand soldiers.
2. The Shy Plant- the sensitive, shy plant or Mimosa Pudica.
It is a great curiosity. The compound leaves of the plant fold inward in a tenth of a second and drew with the slightest touch only to re-open in a few minutes. Once native to South and Central America. Today it is a tropical weed found on all continents. The plants shyness deters animals from eating it while grazing.
3.The Bottle Tree
The bottle tree the eight species of boa Bab tree genus 8 and Sonia are also known as bottle trees.
These trees, not only resemble bottles but store tremendous amounts of water up to 300 litres or 80 gallons of water. This threatens tree is native to India and Equatorial Africa but mostly lived
throughout Madagascar where it is a national tree. one species grows in Australia from the Arabic word for fruit with many seeds, Bab tree produces edible monkey fruit and can live as long as 500 years. It's strong root system allows the tree to be quite resistant to drought.
4.The Resurrection Plant
The resurrection plant also known as Rose of Jericho salad. Janella lepida phyla is a desert plant that is somewhere between a moss and affirm the Chihuahua Desert. It has an amazing ability to become almost completely desiccated without dying. During dry weather the stems of the plant which never produces fruit flowers or seeds curl up than uncurl when the plant receives moisture again.
5. The Baseball Plant
The baseball plant native to South Africa’s Great Karoo region. The baseball plant euphorbia Alves is now highly endangered in the wild plant. Collectors have unsustainably harvested. This unusual plant almost to the point of extinction in the wild national and international legislation has now been enacted to protected Botanical Gardens and plant nurseries grow a lot of euphoria obese. So, collectors who want this plant can obtain it from a supplier rather than raid the wild for specimens shaped exactly like a baseball. It is a popular ornamental yard plant only 20 centimetres 8 inches tall. It has separate male and female plants the plants. SAP is highly toxic and if it gets on the skin it causes severe problems.
Very interesting and extremely informative post. Incredible Nature.
Thanks for sharing.
The beauty of the plants. Thank you for bringing attention to them! Lets grow together!
Strange? It seems incredible to me!