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Crateva Formosensis
''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * ''Crateva brevipetala'' * ''Crateva eminens'' * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * ''Crateva falcata'' * '' Crateva formosensis'' * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Moust. * '' Crateva hygrophila'' Kurz * ''Crateva kirkii'' * ''Crateva magna'' (Lour.) DC. * ''Crateva monticola'' (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng * ''Crateva obovata'' Vahl * ''Crateva palmeri'' Rose * ''Crateva religiosa'' G.Forst. * ''Crateva simplicifolia'' J.S.Mill. * ''Crateva suaresensis'' Baill. * ''Crateva tapia'' L. * '' Crateva unilocularis'' Buch.- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Religiosa
''Crateva religiosa'', the sacred garlic pear or temple plant, is a species of flowering tree. It is a member of the capers family. The tree is sometimes called the spider tree because the showy flowers bear long, spidery stamens. It is native to much of tropical Asia and several South Pacific islands. It is grown elsewhere for fruit, especially in parts of Africa. The garlic pear tree is a perennial In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ... that can grow up to . The nectar-filled flowers are attractive to a multitude of insects and birds. A pierid butterfly, '' Hebomoia glaucippe'', is a frequent visitor to this plant. The chemical compound lupeol can be extracted from the bark of ''C. religiosa''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q311133 Capparaceae Flora of tropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Greveana
''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva brevipetala'' * '' Crateva eminens'' * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva falcata'' * '' Crateva formosensis'' * '' Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Moust. * '' Crateva hygrophila'' Kurz * '' Crateva kirkii'' * '' Crateva magna'' (Lour.) DC. * ''Crateva monticola'' (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng * '' Crateva obovata'' Vahl * '' Crateva palmeri'' Rose * ''Crateva religiosa'' G.Forst. * '' Crateva simplicifolia'' J.S.Mill. * '' Crateva suaresensis'' Baill. * '' Crateva tapia'' L. * '' Crateva unilocula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Tapia
''Crateva tapia'', commonly known as ''toco'', ''payaguá'', ''naranjuelo'', or ''beach apple'', is a member of the genus ''Crateva'', belonging to the family Capparaceae. It is native from Mexico through Central America into South America as far as south Brazil. Description They are trees or shrubs, reaching a size of 2–25 m in height, with a crown up to 20 m in diameter, bark opaque, light brown to grey, completely glabrous. Leaflets broad to narrowly elliptical to broadly ovate or obovate-elliptical, the lateral ones more or less obliquely asymmetrical, (3–) 8–13 (–18) cm long and 2–9 cm wide, apex long acuminate to rounded and abruptly acute, base cuneate to obtuse (or almost rounded) and gradual to abruptly attenuated towards the petiolules, glaucous or minutely papillose on the underside; petiolules very distinct, (4–) 6–10 mm long, petioles 5–15 cm long. Terminal inflorescences on the new leafy branches, flowers numbering 30–120, but only 10–20 bloom a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Suaresensis
''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva brevipetala'' * '' Crateva eminens'' * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva falcata'' * '' Crateva formosensis'' * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Moust. * '' Crateva hygrophila'' Kurz * '' Crateva kirkii'' * '' Crateva magna'' (Lour.) DC. * ''Crateva monticola'' (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng * '' Crateva obovata'' Vahl * '' Crateva palmeri'' Rose * ''Crateva religiosa'' G.Forst. * '' Crateva simplicifolia'' J.S.Mill. * '' Crateva suaresensis'' Baill. * ''Crateva tapia'' L. * '' Crateva uniloculari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Vahl
Jens Laurentius Moestue Vahl (27 November 1796 – 12 November 1854) was a Danish botanist and pharmacist. Biography He was son of the Danish- Norwegian botanist and zoologist Martin Vahl (1749-1804). Jens Vahl graduated as a pharmacist in 1819 and then started studying botany and chemistry. Vahl participated W. A. Graah's expedition to uninhabited areas of East Greenland in 1828–1830 with the purpose to search for the lost Eastern Norse Settlement. The expedition - in umiaks - was largely unsuccessful, but Vahl's botanical collections extended the previous knowledge much. Financial support from king Christian VIII of Denmark enabled Vahl to continue his investigations. So he travelled in West Greenland from 1829 to 1836, visiting all the Danish colonies from Julianehåb in the South to Upernavik in the North. He returned to Copenhagen in 1836 with very extensive plant collections, which he later donated to the University of Copenhagen. The Vahl collections added several len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Obovata
''Crateva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific. Species Accepted species include: * '' Crateva adansonii'' DC. * '' Crateva brevipetala'' * '' Crateva eminens'' * '' Crateva excelsa'' Bojer * '' Crateva falcata'' * '' Crateva formosensis'' * ''Crateva greveana'' Baill. * '' Crateva humblotii'' (Baill.) Hadj-Moust. * '' Crateva hygrophila'' Kurz * '' Crateva kirkii'' * '' Crateva magna'' (Lour.) DC. * ''Crateva monticola'' (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng * '' Crateva obovata'' Vahl * ''Crateva palmeri'' Rose * ''Crateva religiosa'' G.Forst. * ''Crateva simplicifolia'' J.S.Mill. * ''Crateva suaresensis'' Baill. * ''Crateva tapia'' L. * '' Crateva unilocularis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Magna
''Crateva magna'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Capparaceae''. It is a small wild or cultivated tree native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. It is often found along streams, and also in dry, deep boulder formations in Sub-Himalayan tracts. '' Crateva nurvala'' is now generally considered to be a synonym of this species. Uses Medicinal uses The dried bark is used as a raw drug in traditional systems of medicine in India, such as Ayurveda, siddha etc. A decoction of the bark is internally administered to cure diseases like renal calculi, dysuria, helminthiasis, inflammations and abscesses. The decoction has carminative, laxative, thermogenic, diuretic, lithontriptic, expectorant and demulcent actions. The leaf and stem bark have been evaluated for their antioxidant activity and the inhibition of key enzymes relevant to hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia is a condition where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crateva Kirkii
''Crateva kirkii'', commonly known as the three-finger bush, is a small deciduous tree belonging to the Capparaceae or caper family. It ranges through eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The species is named after Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), David Livingstone's companion on his Zambezi expedition of 1858 and the first European collector of the plant near Tete in Mozambique. It was formerly placed in genus ''Cladostemon'' (''klados'' - a branch, ''stemon'' - a stamen). Description ''Crateva kirki'' has leaves that are trifoliolate with obovate leaflets that are glabrous with a thin texture and a common petiole up to 200 mm long. Twigs and branches are flexible and herbaceous. The fragrant inflorescences are terminal or axillary, greenish at first, then white with pink venation, and finally turn yellow with age. The individual flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata. He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. Life Kurz was born in Augsburg near Munich, and became a pupil of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. He studied botany, mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Munich. Family misfortunes in 1854 led him to abandon studies and move to Holland where he worked as an apothecary. He then joined the Dutch Colonial Army medical service and sailed to Java in September 1856. He moved to Banka in March 1857, and in 1859, he joined an expedition to Bori, Sulawesi (Celebes). In September of the same year, he joined the Botanic Garden at Buitenzoorg where he had access to a large library and worked with botanists. In 1864, he was induced by Thomas Anderson, who was visiting the Dutch colonies to examine cinchona cultivation, to return with him to Calcutta as curator of the herbarium, a post he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
