In this work, phoenix (Firmiana simplex L.) seed oil from Sterculiaceae was extracted using ultrasound-assisted and Soxhlet methods, physicochemical properties fatty acid composition were compared analyzed. The kinetic thermodynamic of the extraction process Phoenix also evaluated. results showed that common samples by method lower than those method. range 293 K to 323 K, effective diffusion co...

Homer and Wigley (1936) reported a case of dermatitis due to Mansonia wood (Sterculiacea altissima) and in his annual report the Chief Inspector of Factories (1936) also reported that the dust of this wood could give rise to serious symptoms and in this respect compared it with African box wood. There are apparently no other reports of the possible dangers relating to the use of this wood, and,...

Because bird species are lost when forests are fragmented into small parcels, trees that depend on fruit-eating birds for seed dispersal may fail to recruit seedlings if dispersal agents disappear. We tested this prediction in rainforest in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, by using the endemic tree Leptonychia usambarensis (Sterculiaceae) and birds that disperse its seeds. We investigat...

CONTINUING STUDY of botanical collections made in recent years under the auspices of the Fiji Department of Agriculture has indicated the occurrence of various hitherto undescribed species of flowering plants in Fiji. In this paper seven species are described as new, in the genera Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), Melochia and Sterculia (Sterculiaceae), Astronidium (Melastomataceae), and Calycosia, Mastix...