Soil is the main material of construction in African rural areas. Sustainability of construction with soil is a thorny problem to any builder. Finding ways to improve the durability of soil is not only essential but also salutary for the African rural community that mostly lives in soil-built houses that are very often short-lived. The present data assessed the resistance to simple compression ...

This study is a contribution to the inventory of medicinal plants and other methods used in controlling external parasitic diseases of backyard poultry in the localities of Djougou and Ouaké (department of Donga, Benin). It consists of a survey undertaken from December 2010 to March 2011 through visits and interviews with 210 poultry famers. The results indicate that 13 species of medicinal pla...

Background and aims – Pollination systems often reflect adaptations to specific groups of pollinators, these morphological specialisations have been important in the diversification angiosperms. Here, we study evolution capitulum pollination system pantropical genus Parkia, which comprises 35 species trees distributed largely forests South Central America, Africa, Madagascar, Indo-Pacific. The ...

Hydroethanolic and aqueous extracts of leaf and stem bark of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq) Benth. (Mimosaceae) were tested against clinical isolates Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dysenteriae and Enterococcus faecalis, and corresponding collection strains E. coli CIP 105 182, Salmonella enterica CIP 105 150, Shigella dysenteriae CIP 54-51 and Enterococcus faecalis CIP 103 907. Discs of ...

An ethnopharmacological survey was carried out to collect information about the use of six medicinal plants in the regions around Siby and Dioila, Mali. The plants investigated were Biopyhtum petersianum, Cola cordifolia, Combretum molle, Opilia celtidifolia, Parkia biglobosa and Ximenia americana. More than 60 medical indications were reported for the use of these plants in traditional medicin...

Abstract This study was carried out to improve commercial egg production using parkia pulp which is usually washed off during the processing of seed into spice. A total 54 Hyline brown Agrited brand pullets were randomly allotted 3 treatments, 6 birds per replicate. Parkia included in birds’ drink (0%, 1%, and 2% pulp) from 08:00 h 10:00 followed by clean cool water daily day 147 245 (early pha...