Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Ficus sur

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s):
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 2

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Kunle, O. O., R. N. Nasipuri, et al. (1999). Formulation studies on the hot water leaf extract of Ficus sur (Moraceae): Compaction characteristics and effect of magnesium stearate on granule and tablet properties. Acta Pharmaceutica Zagreb. Sept. 49(3): 189-199. {a} National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria

Kunle, O. O., A. Shittu, et al. (1999). Gastrointestinal activity of Ficus sur. Fitoterapia . Dec. 70(6): 542-547. {a} National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, Nigeria

Cushman, J. H., S. G. Compton, et al. (1998). Geographic and taxonomic distribution of a positive interaction: Ant-tended homopterans indirectly benefit figs across southern Africa. Oecologia Berlin 116(3): 373-380. {a} Dep. Biol., Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA

Kerdelhue, C., M. E. Hochberg, et al. (1997). Active pollination of Ficus sur by two sympatric fig wasp species in West Africa. Biotropica 29(1): 69-75. {a} INRA-CNRS, Lab. Populations, Genetique Evolution, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

Bekele, T. (1993). Vegetation ecology of remnant Afromontane forests on the Central Plateau of Shewa, Ethiopia. Acta Phytogeographica Suecica 79: 1-64. Dep. Ecol. Botany, Uppsala Univ., Villavagen 14, S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden

Tadesse, M. (1993). The physiognomy and floristic composition of the vegetation on some degraded hillsides in southern Wello, Ethiopia. Opera Botanica(121): 61-70. Addis Abeba Univ., Natl. Herbarium, P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Compton, S. G. and F. A. C. McLaren (1989). Respiratory adaptations in some male fig wasps. Proceedings Of The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen Series C Biological And Medical Sciences 92(1): 57-72.

Verkerke, W. (1988). Flower development in Ficus sur Forsskal (Moraceae). Proceedings Of The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen Series C Biological And Medical Sciences 91(2): 175-196.

Verkerke, W. (1988). Syconium morphology and its influence on the flower structure of Ficus sur (Moraceae). Proceedings Of The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen Series C Biological And Medical Sciences 91(3): 319-344.


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Index of common names:
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