10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORETON BAY CHESTNUT»
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1
The Flowering Plant Division
Sometimes that knowledge has important practical uses, as in the case of a tree
called the Moreton Bay chestnut. For a long time the Moreton Bay chestnut, or
Castanospermum aus- trale, was the only species in the genus Castanospermum
.
2
Handbook of Nuts: Herbal Reference Library
Germplasm — Reported from the Australian Center of Diversity, Moreton Bay
chestnut, or cvs thereof, should tolerate some salt. It tolerates shade and some
drought, but little frost. (2n = 26.) Distribution — Only of local importance in its
native ...
3
Coppicing to convert small cull trees to growing stock
Hoop-Pine and Moreton-Bay-Chestnut Coppicing shows limited promise for
converting damaged hoop-pine and Moreton-Bay-chestnut trees to growing stock
trees. By 2 months, sprouts had developed on 85 percent of the hoop-pine and
60 ...
Gerald Alan Walters, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1972
4
Selecting timber species to replace killed firetree in Hawaii
Moreton-Bay-chestnut and hoop-pine seedlings were slow to become
established. They grew little during the 6 months after planting. The Moreton- Bay
-chestnut seedlings averaged 2 feet in height; hoop-pine seedlings averaged but
1 foot.
Gerald Alan Walters, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1970
5
Plant Secondary Metabolism
... which is pathogenic on red clover. Swainsonine N- oxide (37) occurs in
Astragalus lentiginosus in addition to swainsonine. Castanospermine (36) occurs
in the Moreton Bay chestnut or black bean (Castanospermum australe, Fa-
baceae).
It comes from the bark of the Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia). The sphere- shaped
atoms are color- coded to show carbon (pink), hydrogen (white), oxygen (green)
and nitrogen (orange). - The huge beanlike seeds of the Moreton Bay Chestnut, ...
Tony Rodd, Jennifer Stackhouse, 2008
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Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases ...
Moreton - Bay Chestnut, 11. See Bean-tree. Moreton-Bay Fig, n. See fig. Moreton
-Bay Laurel, n. See Laurel Moreton-Bay Pine, n. See Pine. Moriori, n. a people
akin to, but not identical with, the Maoris. They occupied the Chatham Islands,
and ...
Edward Ellis Morris, 2011
8
The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt
... n 421 Montmartre, 278/ 81 Montpellier, 301/10, 333/38 Moonie (Mooni) River,
1003 Moming Herald, 86 Moreton Bay, arrival of steamers, 656/ 59, exports from (
1844), 750/56 Moreton Bay ash, 652, 690/701 Moreton Bay chestnut, 682, 1115,
...
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The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
The common names are Australian chestnut, black bean and Moreton Bay
chestnut (English). This north— eastern Australian species found from 12° 30' to
29°S has been introduced to South—east Asia and to Melanesia as a shade tree,
...
Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, 2008
10
Forest Trees of Australia
... 671–80 moonah 52,613,618–19 moort coastal 346–7 round-leaved 344
Moraceae 14, 194–5 Moreton Bay ash 220–1 Moreton Bay chestnut 106–7
Moreton Bay fig 194–5 Moreton Bay green-leaved fig 194 morrell red
362,368,378–9 black ...
DJ Boland, MIH Brooker, GM Chippendale, 2006
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORETON BAY CHESTNUT»
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Moreton Bay chestnut is used in the context of the following news items.
Trying Not to Go Viral
... Celgosivir, a candidate anti-dengue compound derived from the seeds of the Moreton Bay chestnut tree, is currently undergoing clinical trials ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Apr 15»
Details bloom at Chapman botanical exhibit
Deborah Shaw's artwork of a Moreton Bay chestnut is part of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California gallery show Legumes at ... «OCRegister, Mar 15»
New Drug Could Tackle Dengue
... the team found that Celgosivir, a medicine derived from a naturally occurring compound found in the seeds of the Moreton Bay Chestnut tree, ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Aug 14»
Researchers at SGH and Duke-NUS a step closer to finding …
... the team found that Celgosivir, a medicine derived from a naturally occurring compound found in the seeds of the Moreton Bay Chestnut tree, ... «EurekAlert, Jul 14»
Stow House Gardens Restoration
... plants from around the world, including the delightfully named bunya-bunya and the noble Moreton Bay chestnut, among many others. «Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 13»
The exotic plants to try before you die
Mexican pepper leaves (sacred pepper). • miracle fruit. • mongongo (manketti nut). • Moreton Bay chestnut (blackbean). • nopales (prickly pear). «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
Where roots run deep
Bauml also notes the Moreton Bay chestnut (Castanospermum australe), with its large dark leaves and huge red and yellow flowers. There's ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 05»
