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Utetheisa Elata
''Utetheisa elata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Tournefortia argentea'', ''Heliotropium amplexicaule'', ''Trichodesma zeylanicum'', ''Heliotropium indicum ''Heliotropium indicum'', commonly known as Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole is an annual, hirsute plant that is a common weed in waste places and settled areas. It is native to Asia. It is widely used in native medicine in Tamil Nadu, India. ...'', '' Tournefortia sarmentosa'', '' Crotalaria juncea'' and '' Crotalaria striata''. Subspecies *''Utetheisa elata elata'' *''Utetheisa elata fatua'' (Heyn, 1906) *''Utetheisa elata fatela'' Jordan, 1939 References * Moths described in 1798 elata {{Callimorphina-stub ...
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Amber Mountain National Park
Montagne d'Ambre National Park is a national park in the Diana Region of northern Madagascar. The park is known for its endemic flora and fauna, water falls and crater lakes. It is north of the capital, Antananarivo and is one of the most biologically diverse places in all of Madagascar with seventy-five species of birds, twenty-five species of mammals, and fifty-nine species of reptiles known to inhabit the park. Geography The park covers an area of on an isolated volcanic massif, of mostly basaltic rock, above the surrounding dry region. Attractions include spectacular waterfalls and several crater lakes. There are numerous rivers and streams and the park is a water catchment area for the town of Antsiranana, which is surrounded by dry, sparse forests and semi-desert with succulent plants. Annual rainfall in the park is compared with around the town. The area is named after the deposits of copal, a soft form of amber. Amber is one of the most accessible parks in northern M ...
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Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries and territories include the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the French overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion to the south; and Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago (administered by the United Kingdom as the British Indian Ocean Territory) to the east. It is the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated 2020 population of 98,462. Seychelles was uninhabited prior to being encountered by Europeans in the 16th century. It faced competing French and British interests until coming under full British control in the late 18th century. Since proclaiming independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, it has developed from a largely agricultural society to ...
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Crotalaria Striata
''Crotalaria pallida'', commonly known as the smooth crotalaria, is a species of flowering plant within the family Fabaceae. Synonyms and common names Synonyms are ''Crotalaria mucronata'' Desc, ''Crotalaria striata'' DC, ''Crotalaria falcata'' VAHL ex DC, ''Crotalaria brownei'' DC., ''Crotalaria fertilis'' Delile, ''Crotalaria hookeri'' Arn., ''Crotalaria pisiformis'' Guill. ''&'' Perr., ''Crotalaria siamica'' F.N.Williams, ''Crotalaria striata'' var. ''acutifolia'' Trin., ''Crotalaria tinctoria'' Baill, ''Crotalaria zuccarininana'' D.Dietr. The preferred common name is ''crotalaria'', with other common names including ''striped rattlepod'' and ''crotalaire striée''. Description This shrub (annual or short-lived perennial herb) has height of about 1.5 m. The stout stem is hairy and has longitudinal grooves. Leaves are trifoliate with a 2-8.5 cm long petiole, leaflets 3-13 x 2–5 cm and elliptical to obovate. Flowers are yellow, often reddish-brown veined and borne on ...
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Crotalaria Juncea
''Crotalaria juncea'', known as brown hemp, Indian hemp, Madras hemp, or sunn hemp, is a tropical Asian plant of the legume family (Fabaceae). It is generally considered to have originated in India.Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Lebas F., 2018. Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea). Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/313 It is now widely grown throughout the tropics and subtropics as a source of green manure, fodder and lignified fiber obtained from its stem. Sunn hemp is also being looked at as a possible bio-fuel.Perry, ASunn Hemp Shows Promise as Biofuel Source.USDA ARS News. January 3, 2012. It can be an invasive weed and has been listed as a noxious weed A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or liv ... in some jurisdictions. It ...
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Tournefortia Sarmentosa
''Tournefortia'', commonly known as soldierbush, is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It was first published under the name ''Pittonia'' by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Later, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to ''Tournefortia'', on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France. Selected species The following species are accepted by ''The Plant List'': *'' Tournefortia acutiflora'' M.Martens & Galeotti *'' Tournefortia acutifolia'' Willd. *'' Tournefortia andina'' Britton ''ex'' Rusby *'' Tournefortia andrade-limae'' J.I.M.Melo *'' Tournefortia angustiflora'' Ruiz & Pav. *'' Tournefortia argentea'' L. f. *'' Tournefortia astrotricha'' A.DC. *'' Tournefortia auroargentea'' Killip *''Tournefortia belizensis'' Lundell *'' Tournefortia bicolor'' Sw. *'' Tournefortia breviflora'' DC. *'' Tournefortia brevilobata'' K. Krause *''Tournefortia buchtienii'' Killip *''Tournefortia c ...
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Heliotropium Indicum
''Heliotropium indicum'', commonly known as Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole is an annual, hirsute plant that is a common weed in waste places and settled areas. It is native to Asia. It is widely used in native medicine in Tamil Nadu, India. It grows wildly on roadsides and has a curved arrangement of small flowers and velvety broad green leaves Description Indian heliotrope is an annual, erect, branched plant that can grow to a height of about . It has a hairy stem, bearing alternating ovate to oblong-ovate leaves. It has small white or purple flowers with a green calyx; five stamens borne on a corolla tube; a terminal style; and a four-lobed ovary. Distribution The plant is native to Asia. A common weed in waste places and settled areas. Traditional medicine In the Philippines, the plant is chiefly used as a traditional medicine. The extracted juice from the pounded leaves of the plants is used on wounds, skin ulcers and furuncles. The juice is also used as an eye d ...
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Trichodesma Zeylanicum
''Trichodesma zeylanicum'', commonly known as Northern bluebell, camel bush or cattle bush, is a herb or shrub native to Australia. Description It grows as an erect herb or shrub up to two metres high, with a well-developed taproot. Flowers are blue, or rarely white. Taxonomy This species was first published as ''Borago zeylanica'' by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. In 1810, Robert Brown transferred it into ''Trichodesma'', but this was retained only until 1882, when Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it into '' Pollichia''. In 1891, Otto Kuntze transferred it into ''Boraginella'', and in 1898 William Philip Hiern transferred it into ''Borraginoides''. Despite these many later transfers, it is Brown's placement that is currently accepted. Varieties Three varieties are recognised: * ''T. zeylanicum'' var. ''grandiflorum'' * ''T. zeylanicum'' var. ''latisepalum'' * ''T. zeylanicum'' var. ''zeylanicum'' Distribution and habitat It is fairly widespread in Aust ...
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Heliotropium Amplexicaule
''Heliotropium amplexicaule'' is a species of heliotrope known by several common names, including clasping heliotrope, blue heliotrope, and summer heliotrope. It is native to South America, especially Argentina, but it is known on several other continents where it is an introduced species, and in some areas such as eastern Australia, a noxious weed. This is a clumpy perennial herb growing branching, hairy stems to about half a meter in maximum height. It has abundant foliage of oblong wavy-edged green leaves four to nine centimeters long. The curving terminal spike inflorescences hold several tiny bright purple flowers with rounded lobes and tubular yellow throats. The fruits are paired rough-surfaced nutlets. Biological pest control is being investigated for reducing the spread of this plant in New South Wales and surrounding areas in Australia. The blue heliotrope leaf beetle, '' Deuterocampta quadrijuga'', has shown promise, as has the flea beetle now called blue heliotrope f ...
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Tournefortia Argentea
''Heliotropium arboreum'' is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is native to tropical Asia including southern China, Madagascar, northern Australia, and most of the atolls and high islands of Micronesia and Polynesia. Common names include velvetleaf soldierbush, tree heliotrope, veloutier, and octopus bush. It is a shrub or small tree typical of littoral zones reaching a height of , with a spread of about . Taxonomy Originally published as ''Tournefortia argentea'', it was transferred to ''Argusia argentea'', and remained under that name until recently. It was subsequently restored to the genus ''Tournefortia'' before being transferred into the genus ''Heliotropium'' under a new name in 2003. Uses Historically in the Maldives the leaves were often used as famine food. Wood The wood of ''H. arboreum'' is commonly used to make handicrafts, tools, and, in Polynesia, frames for swim goggles. Due to its availability, ''H. arboreum'' is used as fire ...
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Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ...
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Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ...
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Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ...
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