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.


Maerua crassifolia

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): maeru
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 1

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.]

Cook, J. A., D. J. Vanderjagt, et al. (1998). Nutrient content of two indigenous plant foods of the Western Sahel: Balanites aegyptiaca and Maerua crassifolia. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 11(3): 221-230. {a} Dep. Biochem. Room 249 BMSB, Sch. Med., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

Freiberger, C. E., D. J. Vanderjagt, et al. (1998). Nutrient content of the edible leaves of seven wild plants from Niger. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition Dordrecht 53(1): 57-69. {a} Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

Delisle, H., S. Bakari, et al. (1997). Provitamin A content of traditional green leaves from Niger. Cahiers Agricultures 6(6): 553-560. {a} Dep. Nutr., Fac. Med., Univ. Montreal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada

Labidi, D. and J. Garitacelaya (1997). "Atil", the tooth brush tree for the populations of the Sahara. Revue Forestiere Francaise Nancy 49(3): 261-264. {a} Adm. Eaux Forets Royaume Maroc, Rabat, Morocco

Newton, S. F. and A. V. Newton (1996). Breeding biology and seasonal abundance of Lappet-faced Vultures Torgos tracheliotus in western Saudi Arabia. Ibis 138(4): 675-683. Glenberg, Kindlestown Hill, Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Badri, M. and I. Springuel (1994). Biogeochemical prospecting in the south-eastern Desert of Egypt. Journal of Arid Environments 28(3): 257-264. Fac. Sci. Aswan, Assiut Univ., Egypt

Nordeide, M. B., H. Holm, et al. (1994). Nutrient composition and protein quality of wild gathered foods from Mali. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 45(4): 275-286. Nordic Sch. Nutr., Univ. Oslo, P.O. Box 1046, N-0316 Oslo, Norway


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Index of common names:
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