Umbrella Tree

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Umbrella Tree

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Schefflera actinophylla
(syn. Brassaia actinophylla)

a tree in the Araliaceae family.
It is native to tropical rainforests and gallery forests in Australia (eastern Queensland and the Northern Territory), New Guinea and Java. Common names include
Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree and Amate.

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Schefflera actinophylla

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. Photos by Caleb Mutua


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There is another tree by this name.


Umbrella tree (Acacia tortilis)



The tree that has come to represent Africa.
Acacia tortilis arches dramatically over the savanna throughout Serengeti. The seedlings of this tree are favored by elephants and cannot survive bush fires, so only twice in the past one hundred years have tortilis trees been able to grow. As such all of the tortilis trees in Serengeti are either 100 or 20 years old.
source : www.tanapa.com


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Worldwide use



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Things found on the way



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HAIKU

grey sky --
a stripped umbrella
tree

Patrick Wafula


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blowing wind -
a yellow umbrella leaf
floats in dusty air

Collins Ogutu



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Related words

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