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Anatomy and nutritional value of Dracaena camerooniana Baker

Even though some Dracaena species are used as medicine, their utilization as food is rather unusual. In northern Angola, however, leaves and underground tubers of Dracaena camerooniana Baker are frequently consumed. In particular, the leaves are of increasing economic value in the region. But the anatomy and nutritional aspects of the plant have not been studied so far. Therefore, a detailed anatomic description of the plant was conducted. In a second step the nutritional value of the defined material was analysed, providing a basis for the discussion of a more intensive utilisation of this rainforest shrub.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:85346
Date08 May 2023
CreatorsLautenschläger, Thea, Frommherz, Lara, Monzi, Mawunu, Neinhuis, Christoph, Henle, Thomas, Förster, Anke
PublisherElsevier
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relation0254-6299, 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.08.046

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