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Elephant apple (Dillenia indica) pickle, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The fruit pulp is sour and used in Indian cuisine in curries, jam , and jellies. [5] Because it is a main source of food for elephants, monkeys and deer, collection of fruit from the core areas of the forest is prohibited. Commercial sale of the fruit is also prohibited, in ...
Herbivores which consume land plants may eat any or all of the fruit, leaves, sap, nectar, pollen, flowers, bark, cambium, underground storage organs like roots, tubers, and rhizomes, nuts, seeds, shoots, and other parts of plants; they frequently specialize in one or a few of these parts, though many herbivores also have quite diverse diets. [1]
The fruits of species in the genus Bursera are small, drupe-like capsules, each with a single-seed. [13] In B. microphylla , the fruits develop rapidly and ripen gradually, a few at a time, and in some species many fruits remain on the trees as they begin to flower the following summer. [ 12 ]
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Elephant diets range from grasses and leaves to shrubs and fruits to roots, depending on the time of year and where they live. When conditions are particularly dry, elephants increase their ...
Giraffes, rhinoceroses and elephants all browse on the marula tree, with elephants in particular being a major consumer. Elephants eat the bark, branches and fruits of the marula, which may limit the spread of the trees. The damaged bark, due to browsing, can be used to identify marula trees as elephants preferentially target them.
Elephants are herbivorous and will eat leaves, twigs, fruit, bark, grass, and roots. African elephants mostly browse, while Asian elephants mainly graze. [32] They can eat as much as 300 kg (660 lb) of food and drink 40 L (11 US gal) of water in a day.
Typically the fruit weighs between 5 and 10 kg (11 and 22 pounds) but occasionally up to 12 kg (26 pounds), [7] and hangs down on the long, rope-like peduncles. The fruit pulp is fibrous, containing many seeds.The seeds are distributed primarily by elephants and rhinoceroses, and a few other animals that are able to consume the fruit.