Introduction Acacia Cornigera has been known as the megaphone acacia. As the name suggests, the Acacia Cornigera species has horn-shaped spines, which provide hostage to their mutualistic partners, known as acacia ants - Pseudomyrmex ferruginea. In addition to this, the peculiarity of the Cornigera is that it consists of yellowish nodules on the tips of the divided leaves. The yellowish nodules are Beltian bodies. They are rich in fats and proteins, providing food for the ants. They also produce a characteristic extrafloral nectar (Gonzalez-Teuber et al. 2009). These adaptations of Acacia Cornigera are rare compared to other plant forms. Interestingly, not only ants are beneficial. The ants in return protect the plants from herbivores and competing plants. Consequently, adaptations in ant habits and plant anatomy and physiology form a mutualistic relationship between the two species (Rickson, 1975). the special growth form of many publications. Studies have suggested that Beltian bodies must have evolved to serve as a food source for the ant populations with which Cornigera interacts. Beltian body tissues are particularly rich in proteins and RNA, which is also a type of protein. In addition, Beltian bodies also contain a high percentage of fat in the form of lipids. The results show that the anatomy of Acacia Cornigera is engaged in a mutually beneficial relationship with ants (Rickson,1975). Hypothesis Since the spines and Beltian bodies of the Acacia Cornigera perform a fundamental function for the plant-ant interaction, I would like to suggest that the relative...... half of the paper...... it is necessary to collect plants. In conclusion, whether or not the characteristics of Acacia Cornigera contribute to greater physical fitness has yet to be examined through studies and experiments. Works Cited Gonzalez-Teuber, Marcia, Martin Heil 2009. The Role of Extrafloral Nectar Amino Acids for the Preferences of Facultative and Mutualist Obligate Ants. J Chem Ecol 35(4): 459-468.Heil, Martin, Birgit Baumann, Ralf Kruger, K. Eduard Linsenmair. 2004. Major nutrient compounds in the food bodies of Mexican acacia ant plants. Chemoecology 14(1): 45-52.Heil, Martin, Domancar Orona-Tamayo, Sascha Eilmus, Stefanie Kautz, Marcia Gonzalez-Teuber. 2010. Chemical communication and coevolution in an ant-plant mutualism. Chemoecology 20(2): 63-74.Rickson, Fred R. 1975. The ultrastructure of body tissue of Acacia cornigera L. Beltian. American Journal of Botany 62(9):913-922
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