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On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 9, Issue 23, Page 13619-13631, December 2019., 2019 This hypothesis piece probes a 150‐year‐old question… “is there an alternate host of the fungal pathogen Hemileia vastatrix?” We use comprehensive geographical botanical data and automated text mining to narrow down the possibilities. Credit: Carvalho et al.
Athina Koutouleas +5 more
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South African Journal of Botany, 2019 Abstract Rapanea melanophloeos is a tree indigenous to Southern Africa. Previous work has reported on the potential of the bark and leaf extracts/decoctions as antifungal, anthelmintic and molluscicidal treatments. This study characterised the antidiabetic potential of R.
N. Lotter +5 more
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Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Trading of herbal medicines generates economic opportunities for vulnerable groups living in periurban, rural, and marginalized areas. This study was aimed at identifying medicinal plant species traded in the Limpopo province in South Africa, including traded plant parts, conservation statutes of the species, and harvesting methods used to collect the ...
Marula Triumph Rasethe +3 more
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The anti-platelet aggregation activity of Rapanea melanophloeos -A Zulu medicinal plant [PDF]
, 2011 Submitted to the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbioogy at the University of Zululand, 2011.Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez is a ...
Gwala, Phiwamandla Emmanuel
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Austral Ecology, Volume 49, Issue 5, May 2024.Pollination systems of tall forest trees are poorly studied, resulting from the difficulties in observing pollinator activity at canopy level and great temporal variation in flower production. Here, we observed insect flower visitors, at canopy level, to four southern Afrotemperate forest tree species bearing small, white to green flowers in a large ...
Rudi Crispin Swart +3 more
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Invasion of an Afrotemperate forest complex by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 172, Issue 4, Page 354-369, April 2024.Polyphagous shot hole borer, Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a serious invasive tree‐killing pest that has not been studied in natural forest systems. We determined the drivers of PSHB colonization in 1682 trees (68 species) in a native Afrotemperate forest.
G. Townsend +4 more
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Proximate content and lipid profile of seeds from rapanea melanophloeos (the Cape beech) tree [PDF]
, 2017 : Rapanea melanophloeos (Cape beech) is a fruit-bearing tree indigenous to Southern Africa which produces edible fruit. Previous studies have focussed on investigating the nutritional potential of the tree’s fruit pulp.
Nyakudya,Trevor T. +5 more
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Transfer of Rapanea brassii P.Royen to Myrsine (Primulaceae) [PDF]
, 2018 The name Rapanea brassii P.Royen (Primulaceae) is here transferred to the genus Myrsine as M.
Conn, Barry John, Conn, Barry J.
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, 2013 Myrsine africana L. and Rapanea melanophloeos L. belong to the plant family Myrsinaceae. Various rural communities in Kenya, such as smallholder farmers and pastoralists, use them to treat their livestock.
Höglund, J. +3 more
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Changes in distribution of indigenous forest in Table Mountain National Park from 1880-2012 [PDF]
, 2013 South Africa's indigenous forest only covers 0.56% of the country's total land area. Its highly fragmented distribution and historically extensive exploitation has led it to be perceived as one of the South Africa's most vulnerable vegetation types ...
Poulsen, Zoe Chapman
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