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.

Orbignya phalerata
syn Orbignya barbosiana
syn Orbignya martiana
syn Orbignya speciosa

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): babassu palm syn babacu syn barbassu syn bassu syn corozo syn coruba
Crop Use(s): oil crop
Reference Source(s): rehm, brucher
Number of Papers/Mentions: 9

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.]

Moraes, M. O., M. C. Fonteles, et al. (1997). Screening for anticancer activity of plants from the Northeast of Brazil. Fitoterapia 68(3): 235-239. {a} Lab. de Farmacologia Celular, Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, Caixa Postal 3157, 60.43-1970 Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

Garcia, S., H. Heinzen, et al. (1995). Triterpene methyl ethers from Palmae epicuticular waxes. Phytochemistry Oxford 39(6): 1381-1382. {a} Farmacognosia y Productos Naturales, Facultad de Quimica. CC 1157, Montevideo, Uruguay

Pinheiro, C. U. B. and F. J. M. Ferro (1995). Integral Processing of Babassu Palm (Orbignya phalerata, Arecaceae) Fruits: Village Level Production in Maranhao, Brazil. Economic Botany 49(1): 31-39. {a} Inst. Economic Bot., N.Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx, NY 10458, USA

Gaitan, E., R. C. Cooksey, et al. (1994). Antithyroid effects in vivo and in vitro of babassu and mandioca; A staple food in goiter areas of Brazil. European Journal of Endocrinology 131(2): 138-144. {a} Endocrinol. Sect. (151), VA Medical Center, 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39216, USA

Kass, D. C. L., C. Foletti, et al. (1993). Traditional fallow systems of the Americas. Agroforestry Systems 23(2-3): 207-218. {a} Program Sustained Agric. Prod. Dev., CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Peters, C. M., M. J. Balick, et al. (1989). Oligarchic forest of economic plants in Amazonia: Utilization and conservation of an important tropical resource. Conservation Biology 3(4): 341-349.

Scariot, A. O., F. A. T. Oliveira, et al. (1989). Species richness, density and distribution of palms in an Eastern Amazonian seasonally flooded forest. Principes 33(4): 172-179.

Anderson, A. B. and M. J. Balick (1988). Taxonomy of the babassu complex (Orbignya spp.: Palmae). Systematic Botany 13(1): 32-50.

Anderson, A. B., W. L. Overal, et al. (1988). Pollination ecology of a forest-dominant palm (Orbignya phalerata Mart.) in northern Brazil. Biotropica 20(3): 192-205.

Balick, M. J., C. U. B. Pinheiro, et al. (1013). Hybridization in the babassu palm complex: I. Orbignya phalerata X Orbignya eichleri. American Journal Of Botany 74(7): 1013-1032.

Index of botanical names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

Index of common names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

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Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Agriculture and Horticulture, The University of Queensland, Gatton 4343; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF