This fascinating and stinky West African plant known as ‘Amorphophallus dracontioides’ is related to the infamous “corpse flower” and has some interesting names.
Ghana’s Striped Beauty Snake
The beautiful, elegant, and harmless Psammophis Elegant snake in northern Ghana is called wa’asamiiya in Mampruli.
The Incredible Design of the Silk Cotton Tree
Commonly known as the Gold Coast Bombax (Bombax buonopozense) or ‘false-kapok’ tree has pods full of a silky cotton like substance that surrounds its seeds. Its ingenious design allows the pods to burst open and release the seeds to float away in the wind. Here’s an video of tree opening one of the pods from the […]