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Description of five new species of the Madagascan flagship plant genus Ravenala (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Madagascar’s emblematic traveller’s tree is a monospecific genus within Strelitziaceae, the family of the South African bird of paradise. Until now, this endemic genus consisted of a single species: Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn., which is grown ...
Thomas Haevermans   +6 more
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ARQUITETURA DE STRELITZIACEAE (Schum.) Hutch. [PDF]

open access: yesRodriguésia, 1980
The author realize rehearsal above architectural forms of Strelitziaceae as an new approach for complemental study of apical meristems.
HUMBERTO DE SOUZA BARREIROS
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Strelitziaceae

open access: yesBothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1975
The status of Strelitzia ...
R. A. Dyer
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Regarding the Nature of the Blue Pigment in Arils of Ravenala Madagascariensis Sonn. (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]

open access: yesACS Omega
Ravenala madagascariensis, the Traveler's tree, is native to Madagascar but has adapted globally and is utilized for medical and cosmetic purposes. Focusing on the brightly blue colored arils of the plant's seeds, this study aimed to examine their morphological and physicochemical properties and to shed light upon the previously undescribed structure ...
Beatriz Paiva Nogueira   +10 more
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Reassessing Banana Phylogeny and Organelle Inheritance Modes Using Genome Skimming Data [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Bananas (Musa spp.) are some of the most important fruit crops in the world, contributing up to US$10 billion in export values annually. In this study, we use high-throughput sequencing to obtain genomic resources of high-copy DNA molecules in bananas ...
Chung-Shien Wu   +4 more
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the fruits of bemavo, a variety of Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn. (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]

open access: yesWorld Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2020
This work was designed to evaluate the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the fruit extracts from bemavo, a variety of Ravenala madagascariensis. Methanolic extracts from pericarp (PME), seed (SME) and aril (AME) were tested against 5 Gram positive and 6 Gram negative of pathogenic bacteria using disk diffusion and microdilution methods.
Solofomalala Anjaramampionona Henintsoa Duvale   +4 more
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PRESENCE OF BILIRUBIN IN A PLANT SPECIES STRELITZIA NICOLAI (STRELITZIACEAE). [PDF]

open access: yesAfr J Tradit Complement Altern Med, 2017
Background: The fortuitous discovery of an animal pigment bilirubin found in the plant Strelitzia nicolai has opened an enormous number of questions regarding bilirubin’s formation and its ultimate function in the human body. Materials and Methods: A methodical review of bilirubin in humans and animals was carried out, information was gathered using
Dwarka D, Thaver V, Naidu M, Baijnath H.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Morpho-anatomical and biochemical characterization of Strelitzia reginae seeds and embryos

open access: yesOrnamental Horticulture, 2022
Strelitzia or bird-of-paradise, is an important tropical ornamental plant that is difficult to propagate because of seed dormancy issues and the low number of seedlings obtained from plant divisions.
Marisa Taniguchi   +5 more
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