On the island of Socotra amazing trees grow

Socotra - a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. Due to its landscape of the island is called a unique place on earth, the other such place to be found. Just look at the pictures to understand that the local nature is unique.





Socotra Island is unusual especially its landscape, it can take the scenery for the film of some extraterrestrial civilization. Everything else - is also one of the most isolated places on the planet. Because of this arrangement, a third plant of Socotra are endemic and can not be found anywhere else on the planet.

The island abounds with extremely rare species of flora and fauna, of which there are about seven hundred.

Let's start with dracena cinnibaris - tree called dragon's blood, a source of valuable resin for varnishes, paints and medicine. The branches of these trees extended to the sky, and below the set resemble flying saucers, top, they look like giant mushrooms.





Socotra is also a Desert Rose (adenium obesium) - a plant that is similar to the blooming elephant's leg.





Dorstenia Giga - does not require any soil and sinks its roots directly into the bare rock.





Other points of interest plant Socotra - a strange and extremely rare Cucumber Tree (dendrosicyos socotranum).





Source: www.lifeglobe.net

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