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If you run out of water, this plant is certain source of it. Large specimens can hold over liter of rain water.
Corax
on Dec 18, 2004 10:22 am
Lat/Lon: 0.1647°S / 37.32890°E
Image ID: 81767

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Andino

Andino - Jul 11, 2007 4:47 am - Voted 10/10

Wow

Superb !!

Corax

Corax - Jul 13, 2007 5:30 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Wow

Thanks.
These plants were a welcome sight, as the water on the ground was very muddy.

tigerlilly

tigerlilly - Nov 7, 2007 8:53 pm - Hasn't voted

good to know

Thanks. What is it called?

Corax

Corax - Nov 8, 2007 10:35 am - Hasn't voted

Re: good to know

I'm afraid I can't tell you the name of the plant. We met no people in the area where they were found. I was curious about the name, but no one to ask.

Liba Kopeckova

Liba Kopeckova - Jul 10, 2009 4:17 am - Voted 10/10

how do you get the water out

Is it just between those leaves? or it soaks in? hmm.... interesting.

Corax

Corax - Jul 10, 2009 9:45 am - Hasn't voted

Re: how do you get the water out

The plant is like a bowl. You can usually bend it sideways to get the water from it, but sometimes they broke. At times I drank straight out of them. We were lost for some time in Mt Kenya National Park and those plants were our only source of (non-muddy) water.

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