Viduya‚ Michelle-Janelle M. 2Bio7 Family Araceae Genus: Colocasia Species: esculenta Colocasia esculenta or also known as taro or gabi was first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753 as two separate species- Arum colocasia and Arum esculentum. Herinrich Wilhelm Schott who is one of the most important plant taxonomists of the 19th Century dedicated a large part of his life to the Araceae family. In 1832‚ he reclassified Arum colocasia as Colocasia antiquorum and Arum esculentum as Colocasia
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Chinese medicine on crude extracts points to possible finding of novel promising and strong pharmaceutically bioactive constituents. Arum palaestinum‚ commonly known as Black Calla Lily‚ is one of the important medicinal plants belonging to family Araceae which has not been well studied. Little is known about its pharmaceutically bioactive substances and effective conservation through the use of biotechnology so; it is selected and reviewed for its phytochemical analysis and its biological activities
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http://www.blankees.com/house/plants/air_cleaners.htm Houseplants can be very beneficial in our lives. They purify and renew our stale indoor air by filtering out toxins‚ pollutants and the carbon dioxide we exhale - replacing them with life sustaining oxygen! Although it should be safe to presume that all plants are capable of removing toxins from our air‚ research by NASA showed that some house plants are more efficient in filtering out toxins than others. Philodendrons‚ Spider plants‚ and
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Duckweed 1.Taxanomy (Wikipedia) Kingdom: Plantae Order: Alismateles Family: Araceae Sub family : lemnoidae ( 2. habitat What? Duckweed is a stemless aquatic flowering plant . Lemencenae is a small free floating plant that grows on water surface.(clean flo) Where? Being a large populated plant duckweed is knownto be found all over the world.The most common places/sites to find duckweed are in ponds . They may also be found in fringesof lakesand in backwaters and some sloughs that are
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Biodegradable Plastic from Gabi Leaves By: Mickaela Olan 9-Apple PLASTIC • A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural. ADVANTAGES OF PLASTIC: • Advantages of plastic are light in weight. • They can be easily moulded and have
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or plate- like leaflets that floats on or just under the surface of the water‚ which may or may not have simple rootlets. As I have mentioned‚ the scientific name for duckweed is Lemnaceae. Lemnaceae is from the order Alismatales‚ and the family Araceae. The largest thalloids can get up to ¼ of an inch‚ while the smallest ones can get less than 2 millimeters long. The type of duckweed I used for my experiment‚ the “Wolffia Brasiliensis” has small‚ teardrop shaped thalloids. Reproduction for duckweed
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LIST OF IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR USES NB: (Fam - Family‚ T – Tree‚ H – Herb‚ C – Climber‚ S- shrub) Plant Common name / Maturity period Amla ( T )After 4th year Botanical Name Parts or Family Used Emblica officinalis Fruit Fam euphorbiaceac Saraca Asoca Bark Fam : Flower Caesalpinanceac Withania Root‚ Somnifera Leafs Fam: Solanaccac Average Medicinal Use Price( Rs. / Kg ) Rs 15 – Vitamin – C‚ Cough 45/kg ‚ Diabetes‚ cold‚ Laxativ‚ hyper acidity. Dry Bark Menstrual Pain‚ Rs 125/kg uterine
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Biology 12 3rd Exam Reviewer Exercise 9: The Prokaryotes Prokaryotes are subdivided into archaebacteria and eubacteria. Archaebacteria - no peptidoglycan in cell wall Ex. Halob acterium Eubacteria - has peptidoglycan in cell wall Eubacteria - can be differentiated by Gram staining Gram positive: purple-blue‚ mostly peptidoglycan susceptible to penicillin Gram negative: pink-red‚ less peptidoglycan‚ has lipopolysaccharides‚ susceptible to EDTA Gram negative can be further differentiated into
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What is so special about the Orchidaceae? According to Greek mythology‚ there once was a satyr named Orchis who was celebrating in the festival of the god of wine. Having had too much to drink‚ he attempted to rape a priestess and as a result was killed by angry villagers. Orchis’ father prayed to the gods to bring his son back but the gods‚ being not especially fond of rapists‚ only returned Orchis as flowers. Thus‚ according to the Ancient Greeks‚ was the origin of orchids. However‚ with modern
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Kabir and Saha‚ IJP‚ 2014; Vol. 1(10): 654-659. ISSN: 2348-3962 IJP (2014)‚ Vol. 1‚ Issue 10 (Research article) Received on 19 July‚ 2014; received in revised form‚ 13 September‚ 2014; accepted‚ 29 September‚ 2014; published 01 October‚ 2014 A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALING PRACTICES OF MURONG TRIBE IN KHAGRACHARI DISTRICT (BANGLADESH) Tasmiatul Kabir 1* and Subrata Saha 2 Department of Pharmacy 1‚ University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhanmondi‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Department of Pharmacy
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