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Pandanus Macrocarpus
''Pandanus dubius'', commonly known as bakong or knob-fruited screwpine, is a species of ''Pandanus'' (screwpine) native to Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Western Pacific Ocean, Western Pacific islands (Melanesia and Micronesia), and possibly also to the Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Taxonomy ''Pandanus dubius'' was first described by the German people, German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1826. It is classified in the subgenus ''Rykia'', section (biology), section ''Hombronia''. Description Bakong grows to about high with numerous thick prop roots and aerial roots. The leaves are lanceolate in shape with shallow serrations along the edges. The leaves are around long and wide, and dark green in color. Bakong are dioecious, having separate male and female plants. The fruits are globular in shape and are around in diameter. Habitat Bakong typically grows on beaches, rocky areas, and limestone outcrops in coastal ecosystems. Uses Like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four volumes with later editions running to five) and several other medical reference works. Biography Sprengel was born at Boldekow in Pomerania, and he is considered of German nationality. His father, a clergyman, provided him with a thorough education of wide scope; as boy he distinguished himself as a linguist, in Latin and Greek, and also Arabic; his uncle, Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750–1816), is remembered for his studies in the fertilization of flowers by insects – a subject in which he reached conclusions many years ahead of his time. Spreng. appeared as an author at the age of fourteen, publishing a small work called '' Anleitung zur Botanik für Frauenzimmer'' ("guide to botany for women") in 1780. In 1784 he began to study the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
