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    Acanthosicyos horridus is an unusual melon that is endemic to the Namib desert. In English it is known as Nara, butter-nuts, or butterpips; in one of the...
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    Africa, this genus is represented by two known species including Acanthosicyos horridus, the nara melon, an important food plant in its native range. Both...
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  • around 100 million years ago Acanthosicyos horridus, an unusual melon species found only in Namibia Argosarchus horridus, the New Zealand giant stick...
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    (Nicotiana glauca), acacia trees, mopani trees and ǃnara bushes (Acanthosicyos horridus) with their almost-leafless spiky green stems, and spiky melon-like...
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    Devil's Trumpet), Dorstenia psilurus, Sarcocaulon mossamedense, Acanthosicyos horridus, Pachypodium namaquanum and Pachypodium lealii. The earthstar fungus...
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  • ship Nara, (楢 / なら, "oak"), several Japanese ships Nara plant (Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert NARA may stand for: National...
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  • deity Inara Luigas (born 1959), Estonian politician Inara Melon (Acanthosicyos horridus) Ināra Mūrniece (born 1970), speaker of the twelfth Latvian Saeima...
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    endecaphylla, 80 mg/72 g: 3  23,24-Dihydro-epi-isocucurbitacin D, from Acanthosicyos horridus: 20  22-Deoxocucurbitacin D from Wilbrandia ebracteata: 21 ...
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  • Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Hussein, Ahmed A. (2017). "Characterization of Acanthosicyos horridus and Citrullus lanatus seed oils: two melon seed oils from Namibia...
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    Robyns Lasianthus kilimandscharicus K.Schum. Mussaenda arcuata Poir. Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook.f. Gerrardanthus lobatus (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey Pluchea...
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    Cucurbitoideae Acanthosicyos horridus, a member of the Cucurbitoideae native to Namibia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes...
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    indigenous Family: Cucurbitaceae, Genus Acanthosicyos: Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook.f. indigenous Acanthosicyos naudinianus (Sond.) C.Jeffrey, indigenous...
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  • stabilise the soil, or in the hummocks of spiny growth formed by Acanthosicyos horridus (nara) plants. The dune hairy-footed gerbil is nocturnal and moves...
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