Fire damage to Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) trees in North-eastern Namibia : research note / F. P. Graz
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Dinteria ; No. 28Publication details: Windhoek : Namibia Scientific Society, 2003Description: 5 pages : figures; 21 cmISSN:- 0012-3013
- PER 405 Dinteria
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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 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.
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