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http://ir.nust.na:8080/jspui/handle/10628/496| Title: | Fire damage to Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) trees in north-eastern Namibia. |
| Authors: | Graz, F. P. |
| Keywords: | Mangetti - Namibia Schinziophyton rautanenii - Namibia Burning of trees - Namibia |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | Namibian Scientific Society. |
| Citation: | Graz, F. P. (2003). Fire damage to Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) trees in north-eastern Namibia. Dinteria, 28, 39-43. |
| Abstract: | The nuts of the Mangetti, Schinziophyton rautanenii, are an important food source for a number of rural communities. The environment in which the tree grows, however, is subject to frequent burning. A number of trees have been seen with a characteristic inverted U-shaped fire lesion on the base of the trunk. A collapsed trunk as well as a vertical scar in the same tree showed that heavy branches or a second trunk may collapse under their own weight, thus providing a point for fire entry. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10628/496 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3013 |
| Appears in Collections: | Geospatial Sciences & Technology |
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