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.


Ravenala madagascariensis

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

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): travelers' tree
Crop Use(s): tanning agent=beverage
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 3

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.]

Birkinshaw, C. R. and I. C. Colquhoun (1998). Pollination of Ravenala madagascariensis and Parkia madagascariensis by Eulemur macaco in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 69(5): 252-259. {a} The Orchard, Stanedge Rd., Bakewell, Derbys DE45 1DG, UK

Goepfert, M. C. and L. T. Wasserthal (1995). Notes on echolocation calls, food and roosting behaviour of the Old World Sucker-footed bat Myzopoda aurita (Chiroptera, Myzopodidae). Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde 60(1): 1-8. Inst. Zool. I, Univ. Erlangen Nuernberg, Staudstr. 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

Kress, W. J., G. E. Schatz, et al. (1994). Pollination of Ravenala madagascariensis (Strelitziaceae) by lemurs in Madagascar: Evidence for an archaic coevolutionary system? American Journal of Botany 81(5): 542-551. {a} Dep. Botany, NHB-166, Natl. Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA

Pettersson, B. and L. A. Nilsson (1994). Lemurs with odd jobs. Fauna och Flora Stockholm 89(1): 11-14. Inst. Syst. Bot., Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden

Basnet, K., F. N. Scatena, et al. (1993). Ecological consequences of root grafting in tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) trees in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25(1): 28-35. {a} Woodlands Mountain Inst., P.O. Box 2785, Kathmandu, Nepal

Calley, M., B. W. Braithwaite, et al. (1993). Reproductive biology of Ravenala madagascariensis Gmel. as an alien species. Biotropica 25(1): 61-72. {a} Div. Wildlife Ecology, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Res. Centre, PMB 44, Winnellie, Darwin, NT 0821, Australia

Rambelli, A. and C. Ciccarone (1990). Survey on specialization between saprotrophic fungi and plant matrices. Giornale Botanico Italiano 124(6): 745-752.

Chase, A. R. and J. B. Jones (1987). Leaf spot and blight of Strelitzia reginae (bird-of-paradise) caused by Xanthomonas campestris. Plant Disease 71(9): 845-847.

Trivedi, B. S. and N. Upadhyay (1986). Epidermal structure and ontogeny of stomata in Ravenala madagascariensis J. F. Gmel. Geophytology 16(2): 232-238.

Piepenbring, M. and Z. K. Napp Comparative anatomical studies on foliar organs of Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn. Beitraege zur Biologie der Pflanzen 67(3): 367-386. {a} Auf der Morgenstelle 1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany


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Index of common names:
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