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Chimps helping scientists find plants that have potential to become medicines
Lab tests also showed other plant extracts, such as dead wood from a tropical forest tree called Alstonia boonei and bark and resin from the East African mahogany tree (Khaya anthotheca), to have ...
Letters to the Editor: Does the devil’s tree deserve a better name?
The prime minister, Narendra Modi, congratulated Chakraborty, dubbing the latter as a “cultural icon”. Chakraborty will be ...
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An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for ...
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Walking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees
Like bunya pines, black bean trees (Castanospermum australe) have been an important food source for thousands of years. While the large seeds are toxic, they can be made edible. Here, we have ...