African Star Apple (
 Chrysophyllum albidum
 )

Odeyemi, O. M.; Fawole, Olaniyi Amos

doi:10.1079/9781789248067.0026

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“…In South East Nigeria and Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo the edible caterpillars (Nudaurelia oyemensis) feed on the leaves of this plant. Bees forage the flowers for honey (Agroforestry Tree Database, 2020).. Extracts of the leaf, stem bark, seed and fruit pulp have anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic activities, and also used as analgesic (Odeyemi and Fawole, 2022). Furthermore, Erukainure, et al, (2020) reported on bioactive compounds of African star apple and its modulatory effect on metabolic activities linked to type 2 diabetes in isolated rat psoas muscle.…”

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Effect of bioregulator on germination and early seedling growth of African star apple (Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don)

Njoku

2023

J. Agr. Food Sci.

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An experiment was conducted at Imo State University farm, Owerri to evaluate the effect of bioregulator on germination and early seedling growth of African star apple which serves as fruit, food, feed and environmental pollution control against climate change. Completely Randomized Design was used with four treatments and sixteen replicates. Different levels of coconut water served as treatments; 0 cl, 5 cl, 10 cl and 15 cl. They were sown after soaking in the solution for 24 hours in 64 polythene bags each containing 6 kg top soil. Data on germination and early seedling growth parameters were collected. Seedling height, number of leaves and leaf area were also collected 10 weeks after germination. Results showed that the highest germination percentage of 91 %, significantly (P<0.05) different from control was obtained from the solution containing 15 cl coconut water. Highest number of days to 50% germination was 56 days obtained from solution containing 0 cl coconut water and differed significantly (P<0.05) from others. Solution containing 15 cl, 10 cl, and 5 cl coconut water gave the largest mean seedling leaf area of 56.70 cm2, 32.99 cm2, and 26.38 cm2 respectively significantly (P<0.05) different from control at 10 weeks after planting. 15 cl coconut water gave the best result for germination and seedling growth of African star apple seed and therefore recommended.

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