纳米比亚的植物 Quiver trees in Namibia (© Fotofeeling/DEEPOL by plainpicture)

纳米比亚的植物 Quiver trees in Namibia (© Fotofeeling/DEEPOL by plainpicture)

伸向天空 Stretching to the sky

纳米比亚的箭袋树

箭袋树是一种罕见的植物，生长于气候恶劣干旱的纳米比亚。有趣的是，箭袋树其实根本不是树，而是一种高度濒危的芦荟植物，属于多肉植物。当地土著桑人会将箭袋树的枝干掏空，做成箭袋在狩猎时使用，故名箭袋树。如果你在纳米比亚的冬季（5月到7月）参观箭袋树森林，就能欣赏到这些独特的植物开出鲜黄的花朵。

Quiver trees in Namibia

The quiver trees pictured on our homepage are uniquely suited to Namibia's hot, dry climate. They are not trees at all, but an endangered species of aloe plant. These succulents can grow up to 30 feet tall and live for 200 years. The name comes from the Indigenous San people who made quivers out of the plant's tube-shaped branches to hold their arrows while hunting. You can see scattered quiver trees across southern Namibia, but for sheer numbers, head to the Quiver Tree Forest, where more than 200 of these distinctive plants grow among dolerite rock formations outside the city of Keetmanshoop. In June and July, during Namibia's winter, you can see the plant's flowers in bright, yellow bloom.