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Queen of trees [American English]

Listen to the video and fill in the blanks with the correct word.

In the video they say 'she' for the tree because it gives birth to a lot of animals; it is like a mother for them.

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Sycamore figs are throughout tropical Africa. In southern Kenya, they thrive along . This is the of one of those trees. Our "African Queen" is a sycamore fig. She started life as a one hundred years ago. She provides for many . To some, she is a ground. To others, she is . She feeds a greater variety than tree in Africa. All rely on her tiny fig wasp partner that only a even notice. Every few months, the "Queen" produces up to a ton of . To reproduce, she must transfer pollen to make seeds and then disperse them the figs. The last crop fell only days ago but up she is starting again. Over the next two weeks, the tiny buds swell to become figs. Hidden inside each are the "queens" tiny . At this stage, a fig is not a fruit but a garden whose delicate attracts a flock of fig wasps. Their arrival will trigger a sequence of that will resonate out through the bush.