Its not indigenous but rather

ITS NOT INDIGENOUS BUT RATHER;

Yes, the ones who have visited Murchison Falls National park will tell you that the majestic palm tree (borassus tree) within this park is foreign and brought in by the elephants.Being found in large numbers in the park,one might take it to be a dominant for years.

Murchison falls national park being situated in the north western uganda,it was much easier for these elephants to bring in this plant on their way of searching for food from Southern Sudan through the  Northern corridor around 1945.This African fan palm as known in english  has many uses  of which the fruits and the tender roots  produced by the young  plants are edible which one reason as to why the elephants  dispersed it to this park.The  wood of this tree being proved to be termite proof can be used for construction.This palm tree has a solitary trunk that grows to 25 metres in height and one metre in diameter at the base.Amazingly you can never find elephants  destroying this  tree  though they are very disastrous to other  tree plant species.they conserve them for food and only shake them for fruits.Though the elephants actively engage them selves in dropping the fruits down, other animals like the baboons and monkeys do enjoy these fruits as well and funny  how! Animals do get drunk  when eat these fruits since they are so potent with alcohol.Would you get one for your self?

Research also has it that the seeds of this palm tree only germinate  better  once they pass through the digestion system of the elephant.should we say that for the good survival of these palm tree, the elephants must be present!   Could it be the reason why  there is a borassus palm tree forest towards the northern part of  the park  as you head to chobe safari lodge?Well am not so certain about that but to find more about this tree and its relations with the elephants and also go for elephant tracking, just put into consideration of going for a ugandan safari and all your questions about this tree and the elephants or other animals and the falls will be answered from there.

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