The aquatic banana tree of Madagascar

ISBN-13: 9786204435473 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str.

Makboul Beny

Opis

The aquatic banana tree, Typhonodorum madagascariense (via, viha, mangoaka, mangibo, mangoaba in Malagasy family ARACEAES. It is unique in the world and native to Madagascar, invaded in the neighboring islands, Comoros, Zanzibar and Mauritius (CABANIS et al., 1969). The seeds are a food of the poor farmers (without land or having a small plot) to be determined to cultivate and used during the lean period between January and February and October to November. In the east coast of Madagascar, the leaves are used in handicrafts to make objects like baskets and hats. The farmers do not stop pulling up this species to cultivate rice, the species participates in the protection of the banks and decreases the losses of water. It is included in the list of threatened species (WWF, 2010), until now no protection status has been established. In the place where there is a stand of Typhonodorum the water is stagnant and the farmers drain the canals from this point to irrigate the rice fields or the cotton culture.

O autorze

Beny, MakboulMakboul Beny, Malagasy, holder of 2 postgraduate Diplomas of Advanced Studies (DEA): in Earth Sciences in 2018 and in Biodiversity and Environment option: Plant Biology in 2014 at the University of Toliara in southern Madagascar. Temporary teacher in the Earth Sciences course at the University of Antsiranana.