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BM: Africa
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- 1Cameroon, Africa-"armpit" of Africa
-endemic flowers
-rivers are roads through forest - 2Resources from Cameroon rainforest-genes
-fruits, nuts
-timber
-resins and oils
-pharmaceuticals
-honey, spices
-dyes, fibers
-charcoal, perfumes - 3Rafia trees-raphis vinifera
-fry flowers or blend it into a drink: protein
-palm wine: high in sugar
-60-80 ft tall - 4Flowers-cola
-strychnos - 5Eru-Gnetum africanum
-collection, transport, storing and bundling, sorting at market, washing and slicing, selling to stall holder, selling to consumer, cooking at cafe
-palm oil, meat, spices, water leaf, chalk is added - 6Bush mango-irvingia gabonensis
-seeds are highly prized as a soup thickener and medicines
-used to make sticky Ogbono soup
-to clean the seeds, fruit is plastered over the house and allowed to rot which frees up the hard white seed
-extracts sold as slimming aid - 7African cherry (pygeum)-prunus africana, rosaceae
-bark is used to make a tea for fever, stomach upset and malaria
-1960's discovered to be treatment for benign prostatic hyperphasia - 8Kola nut-cola accuminata, steruliaceae
-caffeine-rich stimulant in ceremonies and social events
-treatment of whooping cough, asthma and appetite suppressant
-flavoring and source of caffeine in Cola drinks - 9Grains of paradise-aframomum melegueta, zingiberaceae
-hot and pungent flavor
-taste like gin and tonic
-TM: treat many different illnesses - 10Katemfe fruits-thaumatococcus daniellii, marantaceae
-thaumatin protein: intense sweet taste, 2000 times sweeter than sugar
-used to flavor sour food and drinks - 11Strophanthus preusii, apocynaceae-curarine
-arrow poison
-cardiac toxin: glycoside G-strophanthin
-G-strophanthin source of "ouabain" which is used to treat cardiac failure
-Ouabain used in the place of digoxin - 12Calabar Bean-physostigma venenosum, fabaceae
-calabarine and physostigmine - 13Madagascan Periwinkle-catharanthus roseus, apocynaceae
-vincristine: hodgkin's lymphoma
-vinorelbine: breast cancer
-vinblastine: hodgkins/leukemia
-vindesine: leukemia/melanoma
-traditionally used to treat diabetes in Madagascar, also contains anti cancer compounds - 14Iboga-tabernanthe iboga
-ibogaine
-anti addictive for heroin, cocaine, alcohol, nicotine - 15Elaeis guineensis-palm oil
-oil is extracted by boiling fruits before treading to extract oil
-has always been used to make soap for every day use
-the world's demand for palm oil has resulted in extensive deforestation with the loss of many species: - 16Shea butter-vitellaria paradoxa
- 17Rattans-climbing palm
-only found in old world
-20 species in Africa
-every part of palm is covered in poisonous spines - 18Baka people and honey-honey bird to guide to honey
-bird and man are rewarded
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