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Categories: Flora of Angola, Welwitschiaceae, Articles with short description, Dioecious plants, Monotypic gymnosperm genera
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welwitschia  Welwitschia mirabilis  tree tumbo  tumboa
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Curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old WordNet 3.0
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Curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Welwitschia is a monotypic genus of gymnosperm, the sole described species being the distinctive Welwitschia mirabilis, endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola. Wikipedia
Monotypic genus in the gymnosperm family Welwitschiaceae Wikidata
Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa. Wiktionary
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gymnosperm
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genus Welwitschia
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CAM photosynthesis
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welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis
Wikipedia
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Welwitschia
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Welwitschia mirabilis
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welwitschia
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tree tumbo, tumboa, Welwitschia mirabilis

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