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Pietermaritzburg - Thieves have targeted the Botanical Gardens' valuable collection of cycads in three separate raids, forcing the institution to place the endangered plants in protective custody. A ...

IN the hope that this may elicit more information than I have been able to find in the available literature, I give below a summary of observations made on the diurnal rise and fall of temperature in ...

South Africa, 25th February 2011—A proposal published for public comment could result in trade in eleven species of native cycad trees being brought to a halt by authorities in South Africa, and trade ...

Mozambique (Mexixe district): stem cut into slices. These are buried until a certain degree of fermentation is attained. The slices are then sun-dried and crushed in a mortar to reduce the pulp to a ...

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