Vol. 71, No. 2, Plant Systematics and Phytogeography for the Understanding of African Biodiversity (2001), pp. 739-745 (7 pages) Gnetum africanum and G. buchholzianum, generally called "eru", are ...

Gnetum L. is a genus of economic importance distributed in the humid rainforests of Central Africa. The African species of Gnetum are dioecious climbers and only two species (Gnetum africanum Welw.

A Non Governmental Organization, Rural Infrastructure Services for Under-Served population, RISE-UP, has advocated the planting of Gnetum Africanum otherwise known as ‘Okazi’, ‘Afang’ or ‘Eru’ in our ...

I. HE Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition was the outcome of a repent study of Welwitschia, that most remarkable of West African plants. Its primary object was the investigation of the biology and ...

RESEARCHERS have validated the leaves of four plant foods commonly consumed in Nigeria namely Gnetum africanum (Ukazi in Igbo), Gongronema latifolium (Utazi in Igbo), Telfairia occidentalis (fluted ...

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