Duckweeds are aquatic plants which float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving fresh water bodies. These plants are very simple, lacking an obvious stem or leaves. They consist of a small ‘thalloid’ or plate-like structure that floats on or just under the water surface, with or without simple rootlets.

The Talipot palm flowers only once in its lifetime, producing the biggest inflorescence in the flowering kingdom. The palm grows for 30 to 80 years, storing up energy and strength in its trunk to send out this massive inflorescence. After flowering and fruiting the plant will die.

Baobabs

African Blackwood.

Amazing trees grow on these islands. Socotra is considered the “jewel” of biodiversity in the Arabian sea.

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