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Tree shree sucking nectar in a butter tree
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Update time: 2013-12-04
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A tree shrew is sucking nectar in a butter tree at Commemorative Plant Garden of XTBG.

 

The seeds of Pentadesma butyracea (butter tree) are exploited by rural populations in West Africa to produce butter used for consumption and as an ingredient in cosmetics and medicinal preparations.  

 

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