Canotropis procera is a fibre-producing shrub that grows in Africa'sdrylands. Traditionally, the plant is used for medicinal purposes and for fuelwood. However, analysis has shown that fibre produced from its maturefruit ...

The lack of universally acceptable definition and indicators of forest health has been a major challenge in developing forest health assessment methods. This study evaluated four selected methods (simple systematic sampling ...

Solanum mauritianum is considered as an invasive plant with unknown economic value, fast growing and aggressive gap colonizer associated with forest disturbance. It belongs to the family of Solanaceae and can grow to over ...

Kenya has a large population of multifunctional tree species like Moringa oleifera (Lamark). Two provenances of Moringa oleifera from areas of Gede and Machakos were used in a study to examine how Negarim micro catchment ...

There is increasing narrowing of the genetic base of exotic species introduced in many parts of the world. This is causing a restricted genetic diversity and consequential loss of biotic and abiotic tolerance of these ...

Calotropis procera is a wild species that is drought-resistant and important in production of wool, fibre, biomass among other uses. There exist high demand of the wool in Asian countries and collection from the wild has ...

Nowadays, attention is being paid to exploration of possibilities of exploiting new and under-utilized plant resources with the aim of meeting the growing societal needs. Calotropis procera is one among the many ...

Natural forests in Kenyan are important national assets that play critical roles in the economy while offering a range of ecological services. The natural forests ecosystems have experienced massive degradation over the ...

Kakamega forest in south-western Kenya has been selectively logged since the 1940s. A study on its recovery from anthropogenic disturbances compared data from studies carried out in 1981, 1999 and 2006 in central Isecheno ...

The Mau ecosystem post-disturbance recovery process, integrity retention and resilience to future disturbances and sustainability remain unknown. In this paper, the ecosystem floristic composition, richness, diversity and ...