Interesting Facts About the Quiver Tree and Quiver Tree Forest

Interesting Facts About the Quiver Tree and Quiver Tree Forest 


Quiver Tree is one of the rarest plants in the world. It is also one of the most expensive trees. Quiver Tree is a unique plant that can only be found somewhere in the continent of Africa. 

Here are some interestingly cool facts about this desert plant and forest.

1.) The Quiver Tree Forest or Köcherbaumwald in Afrikaans is a forest found in Namibia.

2.) This forest is a popular and a well-known tourist attraction in the southern part of the country.

Quiver Tree Forest


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3.) The forest comprises about 250 specimens of Aloe dichotoma, a species of aloe that is also locally known as "quiver tree".

4.) Quiver tree is Kokerboom in afrikaans. It is called “quiver tree” because Bushmen use its branches to make quivers.

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30 Interesting Historical Facts About the Parthenon

30 Interesting Historical Facts About the Parthenon 


Parthenon is one of the major tourist attractions of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece – the birthplace of “democracy”, Greek’s greatest contribution to civilization.
1.) Construction of the Parthenon started in 447 BCE and was completed in 438 BCE but decorations of the temple continued until 432 BC.
2.) The Parthenon is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece and is regarded as one of the greatest cultural monuments in the world.

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