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Olax Zeylanica
''Olax zeylanica'' is a plant species in the family Olacaceae and the type species of the genus ''Olax ''Olax'' is a plant genus in the family Olacaceae. The name derives from the Latin, ''olax'' (malodorous), and refers to the unpleasant scent of some of the ''Olax'' species. ''Olax'' is an Old World genus represented by several climbers, som ...''. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a leafy vegetable in rural areas. It is known by local people as "මැල්ල - mella" in Sri Lanka. Ecology Intermediate forest subcanopy. Uses Leaves- vegetable, medicinal. It is widely used as leafy vegetable and also as remedy for snake bites in Sri Lankan Ayurvedic medicine. References * http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/vjs/article/view/279 * http://www.nsf.ac.lk/newsletter/VOL3NO10/ethno.pdf * http://environmentlanka.com/blog/2010/olax-zeylanica-an-environmentally-safe-bio-pesticide-for-the-control-of-the-maize-weevil-sitophilus-ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olacaceae
Olacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Santalales. They are woody plants, native throughout the tropical regions of the world. , the circumscription of the family varies; some sources maintain a broad family, others split it into seven segregate families. Taxonomy The 1998 APG system and the 2003 APG II system assign it to the order Santalales in the clade core eudicots. Prior to the advent of molecular data, the circumscription of the family Olacaceae varied widely between different authorities.Valéry Malécot and Daniel L. Nickrent. 2008. "Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships of Olacaceae and Related Santalales". ''Systematic Botany'' 33(1):97-106. Among these various classifications, about 30 genera were included in the family. 15 genera are recognized for Olacaceae by the Germplasm Resources Information Network. The phylogenetic investigation published in 2008 recovered seven clades that were well-supported by molecular and morphological characters, but no for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olax
''Olax'' is a plant genus in the family Olacaceae. The name derives from the Latin, ''olax'' (malodorous), and refers to the unpleasant scent of some of the ''Olax'' species. ''Olax'' is an Old World genus represented by several climbers, some species have leaves and fruits smelling of garlic such as '' Olax subscorpioidea'' and '' Olax gambecola'', seeds of the latter are used as condiments in parts of West Africa. In India '' Olax nana'' is well known as one of the first species to emerge after forest fires, the shoots growing directly from buried roots. Species The type species is O. zeylanica. According to Plants of the world online the genus contains the following fifty-three species: # ''Olax acuminata'' Wall. ex Benth. # ''Olax angulata'' A.S.George # ''Olax angustifolia'' Compère # ''Olax antsiranensis'' Z.S.Rogers, Malécot & Sikes # ''Olax aphylla'' R.Br. # ''Olax aschersoniana'' Büttner # ''Olax aurantia'' A.S.George # '' Olax austrosinensis'' Y.R.Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
