Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2002 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. The anthelmintic effects/activities of leaves and fruits of M. africana and fruits of R.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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Hericium ophelieae sp. nov., a novel species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Southern Afrotemperate forests of South Africa. [PDF]
Mycology, 2023 Van der Merwe B, Herrmann P, Jacobs K.
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Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Strydom T +3 more
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IMA Genome - F16 : Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta. [PDF]
IMA Fungus, 2022 Wingfield BD +20 more
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Medicinal plants used for the management of respiratory diseases in Zimbabwe: Review and perspectives potential management of COVID-19. [PDF]
Phys Chem Earth (2002), 2022 Nyagumbo E +13 more
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