Artocarpus lakoocha (Moraceae) is a widely used medicinal plant by tribals of Jharkhand, India for the treatment of many diseases. Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. (Hindi: Dahu, Barhal, Beng. Dahu, Sans. Lokoocha, Eng.: Monkey Jack) is a large deciduous tree reaching 15-18 m in height with a spreading head. Reviews of the records in both, traditional and scientific literature. Using DPPH and Ferric Io...

Abstract Understanding large-scale patterns of biodiversity and their drivers remains central in ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed, including hydrothermal dynamic hypothesis, tropical niche conservatism Janzen’s hypothesis a combination model containing energy, water, seasonality habitat heterogeneity. Yet, relative contributions to groups with different lifeforms range sizes remain c...

Buah merupakan komoditas holtikultura yang memiliki peran penting dalam sistem pertanian di Indonesia. Metode digunakan penelitian ini pendataan secara menyeluruh terhadap tanaman buah pada zona nusantara meliputi nama ilmiah, famili, dan asal tanaman. Hasil buah, menunjukkan terdapat 40 jenis Kebun Raya Banua, dengan famili Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Clusiaceae, Dillaniaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphor...

Lecanodiaspis dendrobii Douglas, 1892 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae) and the associated parasitoid Cephaleta sp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are reported for the first time in Brazil. Specimens of this scale insect were collected on branches and stems of Acacia mangium Willd., Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit (Fabaceae), Morus nigra L. (Moraceae), Citrus reticulata Blanco (Rutacea...

Streblus asper Lour. (Moraceae)is a small tree found in tropical regions of the world and used for the treatment of fever, diarrhea, dysentery, elephantiasis, filariasis, gingivitis, leprosy, piles, skin diseases, toothache and wounds. Phytochemical investigation of a methanol extract of the roots led to the isolation of two new compounds characterized as lup-20(29)-en-3β-olyl octadec-9′-enoate...

The petroleum ether (60-80o), chloroform methanol extracts of leaves and root bark of ficus glomerata (Moraceae) were prepared by successive solvent extraction followed by vacuum evaporation and the marc left after successive solvent extraction was extracts with boiling water to get aqueous extracts, all the extracts were subjected to qualitative chemical tests to find out phytoconstituents pre...

As the glycosyl constituents of Ficus pumila L. fruits (Moraceae), three new sesquiterpenoid glucosides, pumilasides A, B and C were isolated together with benzyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, (E)-2-methyl-2-butenyl beta-D-glucopyranoside and rutin. Their structures were characterized as (1S,4S,5R,6R,7S,10S)-1,4,6-trihydroxyeudesmane 6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, (1S,4S,5S,6R,7R,10S)-1,4-dihydroxymaali...