Savanna+Plants

media type="custom" key="10774234"﻿ Savanna Biome Plants The Gum Arabic can grow up to 20 meters tall. The type of plant species it is is Senegal It has many branches that spread out into flat and rounded top. These branches have many thorns that come in pairs. The leaves have a grey- green color. The flowers are yellow or cream colored and grow on spikes just above the thorns. These flowers turn,into seed pods about 8 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. Can survive through a drought and most often grow in sandy places. Where there is only between 12 to 15 rain a year. When the rainy season ends the trunk ozzes sap,or gum. This gum is harvested from december to june and is used to make gum Arabic. Gum Arabic is used as medicine. It is also used to make cream to help with skin inflammations and ailments of the respiratory and urinary tracts.

Its also used for coughs, sore throats, eyewash, diarrhea, dysentery. It is also used for flavoring certain soda.

﻿Elephant Grass  Elephant grass is a tall grass that came from Africa on 1913. It grows in dense clumps of up to 10 feet tall. In the savannas of Africa, it grows along the rivers that have rich soil. The stems of elephant grass is yellow or purple. The stems are hairy, and about 1 in. to the base. The leaves are 2 to 3 feet long, pointed at the ends, and a inch wide. The ends are razor sharp this makes the Elephant Grass nearly impenetrable. The dense seed heads of Elephant Grass are about 9 inch tufted plumes, usally a tawny or purple color. Elephant Grass does reproduce sexually, but the seeds are very small and dont germinate well. The grass reproduces mainly through its rihzomes.