The root and shoot apical meristem serve as sources of pluripotent cells and provide new cells for repetitive organ initiation, they are the major meristematic regions on which plant development take place. New meristems are incessantly formed as plants produce new branches or la...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v5i330106
Chemotaxonomy is concerned with the systematic study of phytochemical variation between plants. This variation has been essentially used for classification purposes ever since 'folk taxonomies', based on certain obvious plant characteristics which were instinctively employed by m...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v5i130100
The preliminary inventory of plants which was carried out in University of Uyo main campus using the transect method to sample the area gave rise to 7 sampling units and resulted in the collection and identification of 76 species of plants in 33 families. The most frequent plant...
This study investigated the variations observed in morphology of four (4) potential horticultural plants: Callichilia stenosepala Stapf, Clerodendrum splendens G. Don, Combretum bracteatum Herb. Madr. ex Wall and Combretum indicum (L.) Defillips and the soil characteristics of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2023/v10i3238
This study assessed the influence of tree species on the availability of nutrients in the forest ecosystem. Systematic sampling technique was employed in sampling the vegetation using a quadrats size of 10 m x 10 m spaced at regular intervals of 20 m. Seven (7) woody species were...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2022/v8i130147
The Floristic inventory of the swamp forest at Atan Ukwok was carried out using the Systematic and Transect Sampling Methods where the line transect was the main path of the forest and Sampling units were chosen along the path at a distance of 14m × 14m and 6 sampling plots were...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2021/v7i230126
This study is aimed at evaluating the qualitative phytochemical constituents of the leaf and stem of five common species of Sida collected in Uyo metropolis. These species are medicinal plants used in folk medicine for the management of testicular swelling, elephantiasis, skin di...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2021/v14i330247
Margaret Emmanuel Bassey, Imoh Imeh Johnny, Ogechi Queeneth Iwu, Omodot Timothy Umoh & Augustine Ogenekevwe Ochuko·Asian Plant Research Journal·2024
The analysis of phytoconstituents present in the dichloromethane extract of the bulb of Hippeastrum vittatum (L’Her.) Herb., Proiphys amboinensis (L.) Herb., Urceolina amazonica (Linden) Christenh. & Byng., Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb., Crinum jagus (J. Thomps.) Da...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2024/v12i3255