The plant never dies. She lives in and through the earth and within us, taking many different forms and always evolving and adapting just to serve all. The plant has always been there. The plant was there before, now and after. The plant has seen all and knows all. The plant is immortal. Plant is life. What is plant to you?
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This is the velvet tamarind tree/fruit/plant that some know as ‘awin’ with the velvet shell and orange vitamin c insides. I had a lot of them last year and planted the seeds which turned into seedlings and this year I came across a place in Ikoyi with the mature trees. Large and spectacular. Haven’t seen the trees elsewhere.
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Also known as dialium guineense, it is an evergreen shrub or tree with edible, medicinal and domestic fruit, leaf and bark/wood. Native to West Africa as far as the central and Sudan.
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A plant/tree of the drier areas of the tropical forests and grows very slowly as it is a very hardwood tree. One thing I love about velvet tamarind tree apart from the fruit is that they fix nitrogen into the soil helping with fertility restoration and Agroforestry practice. The edible fruit is a popular local food especially among children.
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Some Source and image from tropicaltheferns and Africanplants.seckenberg.de
I like the fact that you called them steward of the earth
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