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Aeschynomene elaphroxylon — Wikipedia (en)

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  title = {Aeschynomene elaphroxylon — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschynomene_elaphroxylon},
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Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, also known as an ambatch, pith-tree, balsa wood tree, or umburu, is a common large shrub to small tree in the genus Aeschynomene in the family Fabaceae, growing in swamps, lakes and rivers in Tropical Africa. This is an unusual leguminous tree in that it grows in water as a freshwater mangrove, with an extremely lightweight wood acting as a float and a specialised root system sprouting from the trunk which forms a tangled web hanging through the water and sprawling through the mud. It has adventitious roots and roots which are differentiated into special structures adapted to the swamp environment. It can even grow as floating islands of drifting forests. The name 'ambatch' derives from the name of the plant in the Arabic dialect spoken in Nigeria known as Shuwa by the British. It is called Nile pith tree in Sri Lanka, ambach there and in Malaysia, or ambatsch in Malaysia. The extremely light, spongy, but rot-resistant wood is traditionally used to make floats for fishing nets and the trunks are lashed together to make rafts, as well as more sophisticated items.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Aeschynomene elaphroxylon» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschynomene_elaphroxylon
Wikidata Q4688544: «species of plant» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4688544
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschynomene_elaphroxylon?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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