Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: a rare medicinal plant in urgent need of conservation

Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: a rare medicinal plant in urgent need of conservation

Genus Ensete, a native of tropical regions of Africa and Asia comprises nine species. Out of these, Ensete super-bum (Figure 1 a) and Ensete glaucum are found in India. The former, commonly known as cliff banana, belongs to the family Musaceae. Although reported endemic to the Western Ghats super(1)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current science (Bangalore) 2010-03, Vol.98 (5), p.602-603
Hauptverfasser: Kumar, V. Saroj, Jaishanker, R., Annamalai, A., Iyer, C. S. P.
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Sprache:eng
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Biodiversity conservation
CORRESPONDENCE
Environmental conservation
Habitat conservation
Medicinal plants
Musa
Musaceae
Plants
Wildlife conservation
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Zusammenfassung:Genus Ensete, a native of tropical regions of Africa and Asia comprises nine species. Out of these, Ensete super-bum (Figure 1 a) and Ensete glaucum are found in India. The former, commonly known as cliff banana, belongs to the family Musaceae. Although reported endemic to the Western Ghats super(1), India, it is also found in Assam and Rajasthan sporadically. The plant is known as 'kal-luvazha' in Kerala, 'kalvazhai' in Tamil Nadu, 'kallubale' in Karnataka, 'rankeli' in Maharashtra and 'junglikela' in Gujarat.
ISSN:0011-3891