Sentences with phrase «in cycad»

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

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

The toxin, they proposed, was «biomagnified» in cycad - eating flying foxes — fruit bats.

Perhaps some compound in the cycads was to blame.

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Plants were evolving fast during the Mesozoic, with the rise of cycads, conifers, and especially the angiosperms or flowering plants in the Cretaceous.

But Cox and Sacks argued the lack of indigenous cycads in Samoa meant the imports didn't contain cycad toxins, and that Chamorros were no longer being exposed to biomagnified BMAA.

Among the plants and trees that exist in our contemporary landscape, angiosperms include almost everything except conifers, ferns, cycads, and ginkgoes.

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.

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.

Cox, a researcher in Guam in the 1990s, hypothesized that BMAA worked its way up the food chain from the cycad seeds to bats to the Chamorro who hunted them.

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.

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.

Attractions in the area include the Cycad hiking trails, Middelburg Dam, Middelburg Nature Reserve as well as the historical village of Botshabelo.

The flora and fauna found in Kakadu National Park is diverse, with pockets of rainforest, paperbarks, pandanus and cycads, and wetlands dotted with lotus lilies.

Extraordinary collections of orchids, ferns, carnivorous plants, and tropical species are housed in the humid hot houses; and the cycad and palm garden features some dramatic and architectural species from around the world.

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