Combretum apiculatum (Combretaceae): Antibacterial testing of extracts from the leaves and seeds

In red bushwillow veld near the Sand River in the Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, a determination was made of the standing crops of Combretum apiculatum and C. zeyheri at browsing levels delineated by the maximum feeding heights of impala (1,5 m), kudu (2,5 m) and giraffe (5,5 m). Using harvested sample trees, logarithmic or linear regression equations were generated which related basal diameter or stem height to biomass or percentage of total biomass at the different levels. Biomass was divided into two components: current shoots and wood plus bark. Regression forms and variables which produced the highest correlation coefficients changed with changes in species or browsing level, however, most equations were logarithmic with basal diameter as the independent variable.

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ChemInform Abstract: CHEMISCHE BESTANDTEILE DER COMBRETACEEN 1. MITT. SUBSTITUIERTE PHENANTHRENE UND 9,10-DIHYDRO-PHENANTHRENE AUS DEM KERNHOLZ VON COMBRETUM APICULATUM

Chemischer Informationsdienst Organische Chemie ◽

10.1002/chin.197150392 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 2 (50) ◽

pp. no-no

Author(s):

R. M. LETCHER ◽

L. R. M. NHAMO

Keyword(s):

Combretum Apiculatum

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A study of wood use for fuel and building in an area of Gazankulu

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v14i2.1169 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 245-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

C. A. Liengme

Keyword(s):

Colophospermum Mopane ◽

Building Timber ◽

The Mean ◽

And Storage ◽

Combretum Apiculatum ◽

Do So

The utilization of wood for fuel and building timber was studied in a 13 000 ha area of Gazankulu, near Giyani. Headloads of firewood brought in by eight of the 978 families present were monitored during six periods in a year. The two most important sources of firewood are Colophospermum mopane and Combretum apiculatum. Firewood consumption is estimated at an average of 14,9 kg per family per day. The annual demand for firewood in the whole study area is, therefore, approximately 5 300 tonnes. Living-huts and storage-huts in the process of being built were examined. The mean volumes of wood in living-huts and typical storage-huts are 1,30 m3 and1,09 m3, respectively. 89 living- and 80 storage-huts were built in a year. The demand for finished timber in the study area in that year was approximately 231 tonnes. Timber use has not yet outstripped production, but it will do so soon if alternative timber sources are not provided.

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The impact of the provision of water for game on the woody vegetation around a dam in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v34i2.429 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. Thrash ◽

P.J. Nel ◽

G.K. Theron ◽

J. Du P. Bothma

Keyword(s):

Relative Density ◽

Woody Plants ◽

National Park ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

Woody Vegetation ◽

Colophospermum Mopane ◽

The Impact ◽

Combretum Apiculatum

Quantitative inventory surveys were done on the woody vegetation in permanently marked plots at distance intervals from the Wik-en-Weeg Dam, Kruger National Park, in 1973. The surveys were repeated in 1990 so that changes in the community composition, the density and the canopy cover and the survival of the woody vegetation could be determined in relation to distance from the dam. Relationships with distance from the dam were shown for the relative density ofCombretumapiculatum in all height classes, the relative canopy cover of the second height class of woody plants, the relative canopy cover of C. apiculatum plants, the survival of all height classes of woody plants and the survival of C. apiculatum and Colophospermum mopane plants. It was concluded that the provision of water for game at the Wik-en-Weeg Dam had an impact on the woody vegetation in the vicinity. The relationships of parameters of the two dominant species, Combretum apiculatum and Colophospermum mopane, with distance from the dam were compared. Combretum apiculatum parameters were more sensitive to impact associated with the dam than those of Colophospermum mopane.

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