What’s That Tree? Author Eugene Moll Separates Bushveld Facts from Fiction
Eugene Moll, botanical guru, and author of What’s that tree?, dispels myths regarding African baobabs, rhino horns and the tannin and phenol content of certain trees and shrubs:
Firstly, and a most pressing problem right now, is the belief that rhino horn is an aphrodisiac. It is exactly for this reason that we are experiencing an unprecedented amount of rhino poaching all throughout southern Africa. Yet most of us know that rhino horn has no such properties as it is simply compressed hair, with exactly the same chemical composition as toe nails. Rhino horn is keratin, a protein common to the skin and outgrowths from the skin of all mammals, and we all know that chewing one’s nails is no aphrodisiac!
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- What’s that Tree? A Starter’s Guide to Trees of Southern Africa by Eugene Moll
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