Lonchocarpus

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Lonchocarpus

a genus of plants of the family Leguminosae. They are trees, climbing shrubs, or woody lianas. The leaves are alternate and odd-pinnate, and the flowers are violet, purple, or white, growing in racemes or panicles. There are as many as 150 species in the tropics of America, Africa, and Australia. Some species yield valuable wood. A blue dye is obtained from the leaves and young sprouts of L. cyanescens (from tropical West Africa). The roots of L. utilis and L. urucu, which grow in South America, are used to obtain a poison that is used as an insecticide.

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NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, IN VITRO DEGRADATION AND POTENTIAL FERMENTATION OF TREE SPECIES GRAZED BY RUMINANTS IN SECONDARY VEGETATION (ACAHUAL) OF DECIDUOUS FOREST

In both stages, the studied Lonchocarpus cultratus population presented behavior characteristic of early succession species.

The population structure of Lonchocarpus cultratus in an Atlantic Forest riparian zone of the upper Parana River, Brazil/Estrutura populacional de Lonchocarpus cultratus em formacao florestal riparia de Mata Atlantica no alto rio Parana, Brasil

-- 1 IV Lantana camara -- 1 IV Urochloa humidicola -- 1 IV Lianas Pisonia aculeata -- 1 V Smilax havanensis -- 1 V Stigmaphyllon sagreanum -- 1 V Gouania lupuloides -- 1 V Serjania diversifolia -- 1 V Chiococca alba -- 1 V Turbina corymbosa -- 1 IV Tragia hexandra -- 1 IV Epiphytes Tillandsia fasciculata -- 1 IV Scattered species in the canopy layer: cedar (Cedrela odorata), carbonero, bijaguara (Colubrina ferruginosa), guama (Lonchocarpus domingensis), penda, roble (Tabebuia sp.), mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), yaiti, bone and curbana (Canella alba).

Forest typology of broadleaf forests from Sierra Maestra, Eastern Cuba/Tipologia forestal de los bosques latifolios de la Sierra Maestra, Cuba Oriental

Current work was conducted to evaluate the vasorelaxant effect of dihydrospinochalcone-A (1) and iso-cordoin (2), compounds type chalcone isolated from Lonchocarpus xuul, an endemic tree of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Antihypertensive and vasorelaxant effects of dihydrospinochalcone-a isolated from Lonchocarpus xuul lundell by no production: Computational and ex vivo approaches

Jumping plantlice (Insecta: Hemiptera) attacking Lonchocarpus species (Leguminosae), including 'Black Cabbage Bark', in Belize.

Unusual behaviour--unusual morphology: mutualistic relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Diaphorina enderleini (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), associated with Vernonia amygdalina (Asteraceae)

The celeb hideaway has spiffed up its rooms with limestone floors and wood-beamed ceilings and beautified its 12 acres of gardens (don't miss the rare Lonchocarpus tree).

Heat up your holiday: take away all the food, family, and football, and what is Thanksgiving, really? Four full days. We suggest you use them wisely--and warmly

[28.] Aganga AA and KW Mosase Tannin content, nutritive value and dry matter digestibility of Lonchocarpus cassa, Zizyphus mucronata, Sclerocarya birrea, kirkia acuminate and Rhus lancea seeds.

Nutritive value and in vitro gas production of fungal treated maize cobs

ex Steud., Lonchocarpus lilloi (Hassl.) Burkart, Chrysophyllum gonocarpum, Chrysophyllum marginatum (Hook.

Composition, structure and spatial pattern of Tucumano-Boliviano forest in the department of Tarija (Bolivia)/Composicion, estructura y patron espacial de un bosque tucumano-boliviano en el departamento de Tarija (Bolivia)