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Acacia collinsii
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Acacia collinsii

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  • Filigreed snake gourd flower
    angiosperm
    / Contribution to food chain

    …petioles of bull’s-horn thorn (Acacia collinsii; Fabaceae). Ants live inside the hollow modified spinous structures of bull’s-horn thorn and feed on the nectar. In return for this food source, they attack and destroy animals of all sizes as well as other plants that contact the acacia plant. In doing…

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    …petioles of bull’s-horn thorn (Acacia collinsii; Fabaceae). Ants live inside the hollow modified spinous structures of bull’s-horn thorn and feed on the nectar. In return for this food source, they attack and destroy animals of all sizes as well as other plants that contact the acacia plant. In doing…

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