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Borassus

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Borassus (Palmyra palm) is a genus of five species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and New Guinea. [1]

97 relations: Agriculture in ancient Tamil country, Ananthasayanam (1942 film), Arecaceae, Asian palm civet, Ayya Vaikundar, Bebearia mardania, Borasseae, Borassus aethiopum, Borassus akeassii, Borassus flabellifer, Borassus heineanus, Borassus madagascariensis, Buginese language, Carabane, Chettikulangara Devi Temple, Chimoio, Chundikkulam National Park, Coconut brandy, Coconut sugar, Coryphoideae, Cuisine of Equatorial Guinea, Dickinson's kestrel, Early Pandyan Society, Economy of ancient Tamil country, Evolutionary anachronism, Fan palm, Fruit brandy, Gamia shelleyi, Gretna carmen, History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent, Hne, Jaffna, Jaffna Kingdom, Jaffna Peninsula, Jayrambati, Kalpavriksha, Kavalkinaru, Korattur Lake, Laxmanpur, Vaishali, Leaf, List of Arecaceae genera, List of Arecaceae genera by alphabetical order, List of culinary fruits, List of garden plants, List of Hōryū-ji Treasures at Tokyo National Museum, List of Indian state trees, List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries, List of invasive plant species in Florida, List of national capital city name etymologies, List of Ramsar sites in Chad, ..., List of tree deities, List of trees of Cambodia, List of unrefined sweeteners, Liwonde National Park, Lontara script, Mannargudi, Mat, Nadar (caste), Neduntheevu, Nirvana (Buddhism), Ola leaf, Onavillu, Palm sugar, Palm wine, Palm-leaf manuscript, Palmyra (disambiguation), Palmyra fruit, Palmyra sprout, Pecha, Phytophthora palmivora, Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Preah Botumthera Som, Pulimukham Devi Temple, Punkah, Pusnâ, Red-necked falcon, Seleki, Sri Lankan cuisine, Sri Lankan Tamils, Suastus, Sundankottai, Taltala, Thai cuisine, Thandan, The Palmetum, Malakpet, Thiruvalluvar Statue, Tirunelveli, Varuthalaivilan, Vellalanvilai, White-rumped vulture, Wildlife of Benin, Wildlife of Mali, Wildlife of the Central African Republic, William Ferguson (botanist and entomologist), Zambezi, Zophopetes cerymica, Zophopetes dysmephila. Expand index (47 more) »

Agriculture in ancient Tamil country

During the Sangam age, 200 BCE – 200 CE, agriculture was the main vocation of the Tamils.

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Ananthasayanam (1942 film)

Ananthasayanam (Leaning posture with the head rested on one's hand) is a 1942 Tamil language film produced by and starring Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam in the lead role.

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Arecaceae

The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae).

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Asian palm civet

The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.

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Ayya Vaikundar

Lord Ayya Vaikundar (c.1809–c.1851; அய்யா வைகுண்டர்), also known as tenth avatar or incarnation of Lord Vishnu, also called as Sriman Narayana Vaikundasamy or Narayana Pandaram, was a 19th-century social reformer and iconoclast who worked for the upliftment of downtrodden people in the Kingdom of Travancore.

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Bebearia mardania

Bebearia mardania, the dark palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

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Borasseae

Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily Coryphoideae.

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Borassus aethiopum

Borassus aethiopum is a species of Borassus palm from Africa.

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Borassus akeassii

Borassus akeassii is a species of Palmyra palm from west and central Africa from Senegal to Congo-Kinshasa.

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Borassus flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm, toddy palm, wine palm, or ice apple is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Borassus heineanus

Borassus heineanus is a species of a large solitary fan palm found only in northern New Guinea, in both Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, where it is threatened by habitat loss.

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Borassus madagascariensis

Borassus madagascariensis is a species in the palm family Arecales endemic to Madagascar.

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Buginese language

Buginese or Bugis (Basa Ugi, elsewhere also Bahasa Bugis, Bugis, Bugi, De) is a language spoken by about five million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Carabane

Carabane, also known as Karabane, is an island and a village located in the extreme south-west of Senegal, in the mouth of the Casamance River.

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Chettikulangara Devi Temple

Chettikulangara Sree Bhagavathi temple is one of the most renowned Hindu temples in Kerala.

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Chimoio

Chimoio is the capital of Manica Province in Mozambique.

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Chundikkulam National Park

Chundikkulam National Park (சுண்டிக்குளம் தேசிய பூங்கா Cuṇṭikkuḷam Tēciya Pūṅkā) is a national park in northern Sri Lanka, approximately north east of Kilinochchi.

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Coconut brandy

Coconut brandy is a clear distilled spirit produced from borassus flower nectar and matured in wood casks.

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Coconut sugar

Coconut sugar (also known as coco sugar, coconut palm sugar, coco sap sugar or coconut blossom sugar) is a palm sugar produced from the sap of the flower bud stem of the coconut palm.

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Coryphoideae

The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae.

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Cuisine of Equatorial Guinea

The Cuisine of Equatorial Guinea is a blend of the cuisines of the native tribes, as well as that of Spain (their colonial motherland) and Islamic states such as Morocco.

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Dickinson's kestrel

Dickinson's kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) is a bird of prey of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.

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Early Pandyan Society

The Early Pandyas were one of the dynasties that ruled the ancient Tamil country from the pre-Christian era to about 200 AD.

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Economy of ancient Tamil country

The economy of the ancient Tamil country (Sangam era: 200 BCE – 200 CE) describes the ancient economy of a region in southern India that mostly covers the present-day states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Evolutionary anachronism

Evolutionary anachronism is a concept in evolutionary biology, named by Connie C. Barlow in her book The Ghosts of Evolution (2000),Barlow, Connie C. (2000).

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Fan palm

Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).

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Fruit brandy

Fruit brandy or fruit spirit is a distilled beverage produced from mash, juice, wine or residues of culinary fruits.

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Gamia shelleyi

Gamia shelleyi, the lesser grand skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family.

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Gretna carmen

Gretna carmen, the violet crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family.

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History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent

Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals.

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Hne

The hne (နှဲ; also spelled hnè) is a conical shawm of double reed used in the music of Myanmar.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Jaffna Kingdom

The Jaffna Kingdom (யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு) (1215–1624 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of modern northern Sri Lanka was a historic monarchy that came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula traditionally thought to be established after the invasion of Magha, who is credited with the founding of the Jaffna kingdom and is said to have been from Kalinga, in India.

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Jaffna Peninsula

Jaffna Peninsula (யாழ்ப்பாணக் குடாநாடு, Yāḻppāṇa kuṭānāṭu) or (யாழ் குடாநாடு, Yāḻ kuṭānāṭu) is an area in Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Jayrambati

Joyrambati is a town, in the jurisdiction of Kotulpur police station in the Bishnupur subdivision in Bankura district, West Bengal, India.

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Kalpavriksha

Kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवृक्ष), also known as kalpataru, kalpadruma or kalpapādapa, is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology.

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Kavalkinaru

Kavalkinaru (காவல்கிணறு) is a town in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

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Korattur Lake

Korattur Aeri, or Korattur Lake, is a lake spread over 990 acres in Korattur, Chennai, India.

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Laxmanpur, Vaishali

Laxmanpur is a village in Vaishali district within the Indian state of Bihar.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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List of Arecaceae genera

This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm tree family, arranged by tribes within the family.

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List of Arecaceae genera by alphabetical order

List of Arecaceae or Palmae genera arranged alphabetically.

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List of culinary fruits

This list of culinary fruits contains the names of some fruits that are considered edible in some cuisines.

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List of garden plants

This is a partial list of garden plants, plants that can be cultivated in the garden, listed alphabetically by genus.

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List of Hōryū-ji Treasures at Tokyo National Museum

This list is of the Treasures of Hōryū-ji at Tokyo National Museum.

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List of Indian state trees

All 29 Indian states have their own government and the 7 Union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government.

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List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries

This list of Indonesian inventions and discoveries details the indigenous arts and techniques, cultural inventions, scientific discoveries and contributions of the people of Indonesian archipelago — both ancient and modern state of Indonesia.

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List of invasive plant species in Florida

Numerous variety of plants have been introduced to Florida, and many of them have become invasive species.

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List of national capital city name etymologies

This list covers English language national capital city names with their etymologies.

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List of Ramsar sites in Chad

Ramsar sites in Chad refer to the six sites designated as Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance in Chad.

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List of tree deities

A tree deity or tree spirit is a nature deity related to a tree.

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List of trees of Cambodia

The following 'List of Tree Species' in Cambodia has been based on one prepared in 2004 with the support of DANIDA project; the original document gives Khmer names for species shown here (with corrections and links).

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List of unrefined sweeteners

This list of unrefined sweeteners includes all natural, unrefined, or low-processed sweeteners.

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Liwonde National Park

Liwonde National Park, also known as Liwonde Wildlife Reserve, is a national park in southern Malawi, near the Mozambique border.

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Lontara script

The Lontara script is a Brahmic script traditionally used for the Bugis, Makassarese and Mandar languages of Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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Mannargudi

Mannargudi is a town in Tiruvarur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mat

A mat is a piece of fabric material that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface.

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Nadar (caste)

Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of South India and Sri Lanka.

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Neduntheevu

Neduntheevu or Neduntivu (நெடுந்தீவு, ඩෙල්ෆ්ට්) (also known by its Dutch name Delft) is an island in the Palk Strait, northern Sri Lanka.

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Nirvana (Buddhism)

Nirvana (Sanskrit:; Pali) is the earliest and most common term used to describe the goal of the Buddhist path.

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Ola leaf

Ola leaf is a palm leaf used for writing in traditional palm leaf manuscripts and in fortunetelling (horoscopes) in Southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Onavillu

An onavillu is a simple, short, bow-shaped musical instrument.

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Palm sugar

Palm sugar is a sweetener derived from any variety of palm tree.

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Palm wine

Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms.

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Palm-leaf manuscript

Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves.

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Palmyra (disambiguation)

Palmyra is the ancient Greek name for the Syrian caravan city of Tadmur.

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Palmyra fruit

Palmyra is a fruit that grows on Palmyra palm.

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Palmyra sprout

Palmyra sprout (also known as Palmyra Tuber) is a sprout that grows on Palmyra palms or Borassus flabellifer.

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Pecha

Pecha is a Tibetan word meaning "book", but in particular, refers to the traditional Tibetan loose-leaf books such as the kangyur, tengyur, and sadhanas.

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Phytophthora palmivora

Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit-rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut.

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Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary (PCWBS) is a protected area in Tamil Nadu, South India along the Palk Strait where it meets the Bay of Bengal at Point Calimere (Tamil: கோடியக்கரை Kodiakkarai) at the southeastern tip of Nagapattinam District.

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Preah Botumthera Som

Preah Botumthera Som (1852–1932) was a Cambodian writer.

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Pulimukham Devi Temple

Pulimukam Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thazhava in the Kollam district of Kerala, India.

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Punkah

A punkah (Hindi: पङ्खा) is a type of fan used since the early 500 B.C..

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Pusnâ

Pusnâ or Spring Cake Festival is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Hajong people on or around January 14.

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Red-necked falcon

The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera) is a bird of prey in the falcon family with two disjunct populations, one in India and the other in Africa.

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Seleki

Seleki is a village in Basse Casamance in the south of Senegal.

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Sri Lankan cuisine

Sri Lankan cuisine has been shaped by many historical, cultural and other factors.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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Suastus

Suastus is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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Sundankottai

Sundankottai is a Village in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Taltala

Taltala (also spelt Taltola, archaic spelling Taltollah) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Thai cuisine

Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย) is the national cuisine of Thailand.

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Thandan

Thandan is a caste found in South India.

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The Palmetum, Malakpet

The Palmetum is a specialized botanical garden located in the Malakpet area, Hyderabad, in Telangana, which features only one family of plant: the palm.

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Thiruvalluvar Statue

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 133-feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Tiruvalluvar, author of the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on secular ethics and morality.

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Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Varuthalaivilan

Varuthalaivilan (Varuththalaivilan or Varuthalaivillan) (வறுத்தலைவிளான் or வருத்தலைவிளான் or வர்த்தலைவிளான்) is a small town or village in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.

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Vellalanvilai

Vellalanvilai வெள்ளாளன்விளை is a village panchayat in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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White-rumped vulture

The White-Rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia.

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Wildlife of Benin

Benin has varied resources of wildlife comprising flora and fauna, which are primarily protected in its two contiguous protected areas of the Pendjari National Park and W National Park.

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Wildlife of Mali

The wildlife of Mali, composed of its flora and fauna, is widely varying from the Saharan desert zone (covering about 33% of the country) to the Sahelian east–west zone, to Mali, a landlocked francophone country in North Africa; large swathes of Mali remain unpopulated but has three sub-equal vegetation zones; the country has Sahara Desert in the north, the Niger River Basin at its center and the Senegal River on the south.

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Wildlife of the Central African Republic

Wildlife in the Central African Republic is in the vast natural habitat located between the Congo Basin's rain forests and large savannas, where the human density was smaller than 0.5 per km2 prior to 1850.

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William Ferguson (botanist and entomologist)

William Ferguson of Kinmundy FRSE FLS DL FGS (1820–1887), was a botanist and entomologist.

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Zambezi

The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa.

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Zophopetes cerymica

Zophopetes cerymica, the common palm nightfighter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family.

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Zophopetes dysmephila

Zophopetes dysmephila, the palm-tree nightfighter, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus

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