| 11. | Bananas, Mopane worms of Zimbabwe ).
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| 12. | The Tswapong Range receives relatively more moisture than the surrounding sandy plain of Mopane woodland.
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| 13. | It is sometimes found in association with " Colophospermum mopane " in open woodland.
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| 14. | The Bicuar stands at the northern end of a distinct ecoregion known as the Angolan Mopane Woodland.
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| 15. | In the low-lying parts of the country fever trees, mopane, combretum and baobabs abound.
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| 16. | The areas with deep sandy soils are characterised by moderately open savanna, again dominated by Colophospermum mopane.
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| 17. | And the mopane tree, with large leaf pairs that look like the twin prints of a deer hoof.
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| 18. | A type of caterpillar feasts on the tree and in turn the Venda people feast on the mopane worm.
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| 19. | Mopane is the most common tree, estimated to be around 80 % of all trees in the park.
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| 20. | Mopane wood is one of southern Africa's heaviest and is difficult to work because of its hardness.
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