Dipterocarpus turbinatus - Wikipedia
Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Khmer chhë tië:l dâ:ng; [3] India gurjan, [4] gurjun, [4] gurgina; Tagalog mayapis; [5] Chinese 羯布罗香 jie bu luo xiang; [6] Malay language keruing, [4] the last an international name for Dipterocarpus wood) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae native to north-eastern India and mainland ...
Dichrostachys cinerea - Wikipedia
Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus Dichrostachys in the family Fabaceae. [2]
Dikgwedi [Months] - Setswana mo Botswana
Dikgwedi [Months] Names of the Months in Setswana. [ENG] Modern Batswana use the Gregorian Calendar almost entirely, so much so that many people do not know of the lunar calendar that was used by our ancestors. The calendar was based on the moon and climatic seasons, where the first month of the year was aligned with the beginning of the ...
What is a sausage tree? Facts about fruit, benefits & more - Africa …
Are you wondering, “what is a sausage tree”? The hilariously named “sausage tree” is a comical-looking example of nature at its most playful. But names can be deceiving. Indigenous to tropical Africa, the sausage tree’s proper name is Kigelia africana …
Dikgwedi - Setswana mo Botswana
The eighth month of the Gregorian Calendar (August/Phatwe) is also the twelfth month of the traditional Tswana lunar calendar, whose year starts with the onset on the agricultural season in August/September (Lwetse). In fact, it gets more complicated than that, since because the 12-month lunar year inevitably falls out of alignment with the ...
Dichrostachys cinerea | PlantZAfrica - SANBI
Dichrostachys cinerea is a nitrogen-fixing legume and therefore has a positive effect on the nitrogen content of the soil. It has the ability to colonize disturbed veld quickly and curbs erosion. The pods are very nutritious to animals and are eaten by stock and game, including monkeys, rhinoceros and bushpigs.
Dipterocarp trees - Rainforest Journal
The dipterocarps are a family of hardwood, tropical trees comprising about 500 species, with about 300 species (if I’m not mistaken) located on the island of Borneo. Borneo is their center of gravity, followed by Peninsular Malaysia, South Thailand, and then Sumatra – basically the evergreen tropical rainforests of the Sunda region is where ...
Vitex (Vitex parviflora) - ITTO
Botanical Description. It is a medium-sized to fairly large tree, up to 30 m tall. The bole is up to 125 cm in diameter and branchless for up to 20 m, but often much shorter and crooked, with buttresses. Natural Habitat. Molave is the dominant timber species in monsoon forest in the Philippines. It occurs on well-drained limestone soils.
dikgwedi - Tlhalefang
Dikgwedi, Ditlha le Nako. Melawana ya go kwalwa ga di kgwedi jaaka e tlhalosiwa ke Lekgotla la bosetšhaba la Puo ya Setswana. Dikgwedi tsa Setswana tota di ne di le lesometharo, di se lesomepedi jaaka gontse gompieno. Kgwedi ya ntlha ya ngwaga wa Setswana e ne e le Lwetse fa ya bofelo e ne e le Phatwe. Se se raya gore dikgwedi tsa ngwaga wa ...
Apitong, Dipterocarpus grandiflorus: Philippine Medicinal Herbs ...
• Dipterocarpus grandiflorus is a tree, up to 45 m tall. Foliage: Its alternate, stalked leaves have thick leathery leaf blades that are broadly elliptic, and 10-18 cm by 5-12 cm. Flowers: Flowers are found on unbranched, slender shoots that are up to 18 cm long.