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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 ...
African forest elephants are hunted by various hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo basin, including by Mbuti pygmies, among others. It is unknown how long the active hunting of elephants in the region has been practised, and it may have only begun as a response for the demand for ivory beginning in the 19th century or earlier. [55]
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.
Are elephants mammals? Discover the answers to all of those questions along with a few more tidbits that Discover Fascinating Facts About Elephants: The World’s Largest Land Mammals
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 ]
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 ...
In Asian forests, large seeds require giant herbivores like elephants and rhinoceros for transport and dispersal. This ecological niche cannot be filled by the smaller Malayan tapir. [93] Because most of the food elephants eat goes undigested, their dung can provide food for other animals, such as dung beetles and monkeys. [91]
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.