Thorns

of the fever tree a kind of Acacia in Africa.
It got it's name a very long time ago when travellers camped under these trees growing on riverbanks. There were always mosquitos around and the travellers got malaria. Since then it is called fever tree, the bark is green, so one can easily avoid it.

[Annie D]

lovely foliage

[Danette Thompson]

Those are quite some thorns

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, it looks quite vicious!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such vicious thorns and such delicate looking leaves - do they really belong to one another !!

[narayani]

Very different to the acacia that I posted today!

[Peter]

Great capture and interesting story Diana:)

[Mags]

It's a lovely plant and capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Ouch

[katy]

Holy Moses! Those are some huge thorns. Does it need to be avoided because of the mosquitoes or because of the thorns? I really like the photo that shows such great detail and the lovely bokeh

[Corinne C]

The thorns are so big! A great shot.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot.

[Allison Maltese]

Wow, those are some daggers. I'd give it wide berth.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great details in this.

[Merrelyn]

Those thorns are nasty.

[Desi]

Wonderful image. I know this tree extremely well - so typically African.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oooh I've heard of these trees but never seen one!

[Renee Salamon]

Those thorns look dangerous - lovely capture

[Carole Sandford]

Ooh they look vicious!

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up and focus.

[Heather]

Yikes! That's a great capture, Diana, to feature those lethal thorns! Beautiful bokeh, too! (and fascinating background info) Fav

[George]

Nasty looking things.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

And one would want to avoid those thorns too- wow! The Acacia tree has beautiful wood for carving- at least in Israel it does. Good shot!

[Rick]

Wouldn't want to be around them. Great shot.

[Diana]

@annied @danette @jamibann @beryl @narayani @pcoulson @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @grammyn @corinnec @wh2021 @falcon11 @mittens @merrelyn @seacreature @koalagardens @rensala @carole_sandford @pyrrhula @365projectorgheatherb @gaf005 @olivetreeann @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Wow, those thorns are something.