Sentences with word «cycad»

Cyanobacteria that grow on the roots and seeds of cycad trees produce the toxin.

An answer came when he traced the origin of the BMAA in cycad seeds to cyanobacteria growing in the plant's roots.

The bats ate up to 2.5 times their body weight (which can be as much as a pound for the species on Guam) in food such as cycads seeds every night and, on special occasions, Chamorros ate the bats.

Hi, I'm Janine Bornman from Cycad Guest House in Polokwane.

The three kilometres walk consists of a trail up to the base of the mountains, to see the primitive cycad trees, and finishing at Hugh Gorge.

Second, not all plants and trees were affected: Ferns, conifers, and the palmlike plants known as cycads lived to see another geological era.

Situated in a forest of ancient cycads, the camp's community owners...

And, as with Mpumalanga, there are a myriad other highlights that make a visit to the province a must — Makapansgat Valley, Modjadji Cycad forest, a myriad hiking trails, baobab trees — including the world's only pub inside one of them -, and the towns of Tzaneen, and Haenertsburg (our personal favourites, but certainly not the only towns worth a visit).

Sago palms, also called cycad palms are very poisonous.

Its case is far from unique; the IUCN's Red List classes an appalling 63 per cent of cycad species as threatened.

Escape from the city and relax in a pleasant atmosphere that is surrounded by a swimming pool, koi pond and garden gazebo in a lush garden covered with cycads, palms and flowers.

We at Cycad Guest Lodge in Sedgefield offer two upmarket fully equipped holiday flats / apartments where you can enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Garden Route.

Canopy Tour; Horse riding; Tea Estates; Waterfalls; Hiking Trails; Adventure Sports; Modjadji Cycad Forest; Horse - back Safaris in nature reserve; Fly - fishing; Microlight flights; Organic cheese farm; Hot rock aromatherapy massages; Township cultural tours; Restaurants and Pubs in the area; Living Sotho Museum; Mountain Bike Trails and Baobab Pub.

He proposed that BMAA had become concentrated, or biomagnified, in the bats to levels many times higher than those found in cycad flour.

Cox was intrigued by the diet of those bats: They feasted on cycad seeds.

While the Natal grass cycad is not too badly depleted by nibbling caterpillars, and protected by its toxins from most other animals, the plant is widely harvested by humans.

Picnic at The Knoll and Witches Falls, tasting some of the award winning cheeses from Witches Chase, see cycads at Zamia Grove or check out the landscape on a lookout.

Discover Kalarranga Lookout, before enjoying a guided walk and a picnic lunch in Cycad Gorge.

This allows you to gaze down in awe at the sandstone chasm plunging 270 metres to the canyon floor or venture down into the chasm and discover luxuriant cycads around the permanent waterhole in the exotic Garden of Eden.

Or we can venture down into the chasm and discover luxuriant cycads around the permanent waterhole in the exotic Garden of Eden.

Covering 25 hectares, the gardens include fine specimens of tropical trees and palms, grand avenues and the World Cycad Collection.

Investors include INVUS Opportunities, Three Lakes Partners, Cycad Group, COM Investments, and Pivotal Alpha Limited.

While coal has been reported in rocks as old as Proterozoic (possibly 2 billion years) and as young as Pliocene (2 million years old), the great majority of the world's coal was laid down during the Carboniferous Period, a 60 - million - year stretch (359 - 299 m.y.a.) when sea level was high and forests of tall ferns and cycads grew in gigantic tropical swamps.

The seeds were meticulously washed to remove toxins, such as beta - methylamino - L - alanine (BMAA), produced by cyanobacteria that inhabit cycad roots.

In the 1960s, British biochemists Arthur Bell, Peter Nunn, and Armando Vega of King's College analyzed cycad seeds and focused on a compound in them, BMAA.

Although cycad - and conifer - feeding beetles formed the family tree's trunk, angiosperm - eaters dangled from the top branches.

The male cycad plant's temperature transitions lead to odor changes that first attract and then repel tiny insects, called thrips.

And the comings and goings of the thrips fertilize the female cycads.

While most gymnosperms depend on wind pollination, cycads long ago evolved a relationship with beetles.

«Philippine coastal zone research reveals tropical cyclone disruption of nutrient cycling: How cycads weather the storms.»

A biped, it probably moved through conifer forests in a herd, shearing off bits of ferns and palmlike cycads with its serrated, spatulate teeth, suggests Leal.

Great plant - eating dinosaurs roaming the earth, feeding on lush ferns and palm - like cycads and bennettitaleans... smaller but vicious carnivores stalking the great herbivores... oceans full of fish, squid, and coiled ammonites, plus great ichthyosaurs and long - necked plesiosaurs... vertebrates taking to the air, like the pterosaurs and the first birds.

These palms are members of the Order Cycadacae; genera Cycads, Macrozamia, and Zamias.

Among the mixed bushveld, there are rare cycads, yellowwood and cedar trees, all of which make for a luxurious vista.

Unusual cycads which are relics of plants from 150 million years ago grow on the mountain, and the rare Albert's lyrebird, the world's largest skink and birdwing butterflies are some of the natives you could meet on a Tamborine visit.

The gorge has more than 500 plant species, including orchids, proteas and various cycads; there are over 255 bird species, including the fish eagle and Cape vulture, and the rare samango monkey makes the gorge its home.

Washed by the Crocodile and Nels rivers, the river banks are dominated by evergreen forest belts whilst lawns and garden beds are alive with 650 tree species, and over 2 000 species of plants that include the largest cycad collection in Africa.

Cycad Rock Fishing Lodge is located on the Jozini Dam in KwaZulu Natal and offers accommodation ideally suited for fishing enthusiasts.

Attractions in the Tzaneen vicinity include the world's largest Baobab tree at Leydsdorp; walking trails and picnic spots at Debegeni Falls and Cheerio Gardens in Magoebaskloof; the Heanertsburg Mountain Meander; Magoebaskloof Natural Forest; Modjadji Rain Queen; Modjadji Cycad Nature Reserve; and Swandini Reptile Park.

After a four wheel drive to the base of Chewings Range, the one hour walk starts at Birthday Waterhole through to the foot of the ranges to explore Cycad Gorge.

This guest house is conveniently located 1 to 3 km from Cycad and Platinum Park, Polokwane Hospital, Capricorn TVET college, and the Savannah Mall, to name but a few places.

The West MacDonnell Ranges, located near Alice Springs, are a place of impressive gorges and rock formations, thriving savannah, ancient cycads and rare fauna.

A Chamorro, he calculated, would have to eat almost a ton of cycad flour per month to get an equivalent dose.

They quickly zeroed in on a distinctive component of the diet in Umatac, primitive palmlike plants called cycads, whose seeds were ground into a flour that the Chamorros made into tortillas.

Sago palms (Cycad species) can cause liver damage, especially if the nut portion of the plant is consumed.

The toxins in its leaves are used to defend more than just itself: the colourful leopard magpie moth (see picture) feeds on cycads as a caterpillar in order to lace its body with macrozamin, making it a deeply unpalatable meal for any would - be predators.

The Natal grass cycad is particularly poisonous, says John Donaldson of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.