Young leaves of Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae), Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae), Hibiscus acetosella (Malvaceae) and Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) are currently consumed as green vegetables by peoples in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and their migrants living in Western Europe. Sub-Saharan peoples use Manihot, Abelmoschus and Hibiscus also in the folk medicine to...

SHIMAMURA, R., N. KACHI (Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Japan), H. KUDOH (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan), AND D. F. WHIGHAM (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037). Visitation of a specialist pollen feeder Althaeus hibisci Olivier (Coleop...

Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae), Hibiscus acetosella (Malvaceae), Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) and Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) leaves are currently consumed as vegetables by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Western Europe and by the people in the origin countries, where these plants are also used in the folk medicine. Manihot leaves are also eaten in Latin Am...

In this research paper, a newly identified plant species of the genus Abutilon Mill., namely jafrii F. Naseer, A. Noor & Rahman, is described and illustrated for first time in province Sindh, Detailed morphological descriptions along with micro-morphological examinations scanning electron microscopy (SEM) mericarps, seeds pollens are presented. Additionally, Macro characteristics including ...

Six pteridophyte species of five families and 12 spermatophyte 10 are reported from Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, as new records to the flora Laos. Moreover, two species, Sterculia bolavenensis (Malvaceae) Wikstroemia (Thymelaeaceae), described. For each voucher specimens cited, photographs shown additional information including geographical distribution, ecology taxonomic notes provided.