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| Socotra has a diverse geology and a climate that varies between areas thereby creating a diversity of ecosystems. You can find dense evergreen and semi-evergreen woodland in wet and sheltered areas but there are also drought-adapted plants surviving in desert-like landscapes. It is because of such high diversity and endemism in plants, the islands have been declared a WWF Global 200 Ecoregion, a Plantlife International Centre of Plant Diversity and are included in the Horn of Africa Biodiversity Hotspot. Desert Rose is one of the most famous of the Socotran bottle-trees. These trees store water within their trunks to help them survive the more arid environments on Socotra. It can grow to 10 feet in height and is a popular bonsai plant. The sap of its roots and stems is used as arrow poison for hunting large game in Africa. It has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. |
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