tree. Hevea brasiliensis is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae (the spurge family). Euphorbiaceae is a diverse family with approximately 290 genera and 7,500 species. Within the family, there are herbs, shrubs, trees, and fleshy cactus-like species. Some plants from this family are used for their medicinal properties and edible parts. Others are used simply as ornamentals. While there are many useful plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, the sweet and bitter cassava plants (Manihot dulcis and
This paper will follow the life cycle of a Michellin tire. It will start with the raw material that is used, manufacturing, transfer to distribution channels, use and recycling of tire when it is no longer able to be used on an automobile. It is my assumption that people should be aware of where their products come from for a couple of reasons. One if consumers are aware where their products come from and how they are made they may be more apt to be more environmentally conscientious. Two manufactures
Plants plays a crucial role in the environment. They are the pillars of life on earth and is essential resource of every living organism. Plants provide humans the food for the survival, both direct and in indirect aspects. They serves as a resource for habitat not only for humans but for myriad species with different uses. And also, Oxygen is brought by plants, as a byproduct of photosynthesis through the different processes and cycle present in cell. Stomata is one of the part of cell that functions
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), also named yuca, is a perennial woody shrub with tuberous roots in the family Euphorbiaceae. Cassava is now widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin. The world production of cassava in 2012 was estimated as tonnes with the top producers being Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil, and Thailand (FAO, 1994). Being very rich in starch (90% of the dry matter), Cassava is mainly used in traditional human foods, but is also used industrially
Plant taxonomy has different kinds of history in world of plant and it plays an important role in biology and human society. Men from time immemorial have been dependent on the plants for their demands. This human nature for plants exhorts him to identification and classification of plants into different groups, for example food plants, medicinal plants and ornamental plants. This extends to the commencement of taxonomy.1 The taxonomy is made of two words Taxis (arrangement) and nomous (rule). The
3.2.3 GANDHAGAM Sulphur is a chemical element that is represented with the chemical symbol "S" and the atomic number 16 on the periodic table. Because it is 0.0384% of the Earth's crust, Sulphur is the seventeenth most abundant element following strontium. Sulphur also takes on many forms, which include elemental Sulphur, organo-Sulphur compounds in oil and coal, H2S(g) in natural gas, and mineral sulfides and sulfates. This element is extracted by using the Frasch process, a method where superheated
Yam is composed mainly of starch (75-84% of the dry weight) with small amounts of proteins, lipids and most vitamins and is very rich in minerals (Shin et al., 2012). It is a good source of inulin, which is a form of sugar with low calorie value with immense benefits to diabetics. Its phyto-nutritional profile comprises of dietary fiber, and antioxidants, in addition to traces of minerals and vitamins (Slavin et al., 2011). Plant carbohydrates mainly include celluloses, gums and starches. The
Plantains and Cassava Introduction: Plantains (members of the banana family), represent the number one fruit crop in the world, both in terms of production and commerce. Plantains are herbaceous plants which grow vigorously. Varieties of bananas vary in the size of the plant and the fruits, plant morphology, quality of the fruits and in the resistance to diseases and insects, yet most varieties cultivated are hybrids among these species. For the different ways of participating in food: cooked (green
solid; a mineral resin, a plant fossil exposed by the elevation of the Himalayas, a substance of mixed plant and animal origin and an inorganic material (Tewari, Tewari & Joshi, 1973). Vegetable sources of Shilajit Euphorbia royleana Boiss. (Euphorbiaceae): Shilajit has been regarded as the latex of a
Diverse Australian Biomes Adapting Australia is a land of rather extreme weather conditions and widely diverse climates that force the vegetation living there to adapt in many interesting ways. Australia is the driest continent, and biomes such as grasslands and savannas are prime sources of widespread catastrophic fires. The plants that grow in the vast arid and semi-arid regions of Australia are prone to fires simply because of the desert climates that they grow in. High temperatures combined