Research Papers/Topics in Botany

Ethnobotanical Study on Wealth of Homegardens in Gosiling Gewog of Tsirang District

Aim: To document the medicinal uses of homegarden plants by local healers. Study Design: Semi-structured interview was conducted with the prior approval from the gewog official. Five local healers were contacted for interview before field visits based on their popularity and experience of using medicinal plants in their locality. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Gosiling gewog, Tsirang District, Bhutan between May and June 2016. The homegarden and agricultural pract...

Ecological Utilization Of The Weed – Tithonia Diversifolia And Sustainability Of The Paper Industry In Nigeria

Abstract Tithonia diversifolia is found growing abundantly within the forest zone of Nigeria. The evaluation of the pulp and paper making properties of T. diverisifolia showed average fibre length, width, wall thickness and lumen of 827.66  186.40m, 20.29  3.92 m, 3.96  0.28 m and 12.16  3.96 m respectively.  This short fibre length and small wall thickness of T. diversifolia made it unsuitable for making strong papers.  However, it is good material for mak...

TIE MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE GENUS SYNSEPALUM (A.DC) DANIELL [SAPOTACEAE) IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The genus Synsepalum is represented by three species in Nigeria. It is confined to the lowland rainforest region of the country.

Studies on Antimicrobial Potentials of three Ganoderma species

ABSTRACT The fruit bodies of three Ganoderma species namely G. lucidium, G. applanatum and G. australe were collected from the decaying logs within the University of Ibadan Botanical Gardens .Invitro antagonistic effect of the ethanol, methanol and distilled water extracts of these macro fungi were tested against some disease causing microorganisms. Both crude and pure extracts of these Ganoderma species exhibited various degree of inhibition against the test organisms. The widest inhibitory...

FLORISTICS AND STRUCTURE OF FALLOW VEGETATION

Vegetation-environment (soil) was studied in fallow plots in Uyo, ranging from 0-year-old to 6-year-old. Systematicsampling method was used to sample both vegetation and soil. The parameters determined for vegetation included; Height,Frequency, Basal area and Crown cover for all species. The soil physical and chemical properties were also determined.Results obtained showed that there were eight (8) plant species in the 0-year old plot, 12 species in the 2-year old plot,20 species of plants in...