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Desert Curiosity

The Welwitschia found in the desert regions of southwest Africa is one of the peculiar plants on Earth. It has a short thick stem (about a metre thick) from which emerge a single pair of long leathery green leaves, 60 to 90 cm wide and upto 1.8 m long.
The leaves keep on growing at the base but die at the tips and the hot desert wind splits the leaves into long ribbon-like shreds.
The plant often lives a thousand years or more!

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Last updated on :1/30/2006

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