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From page 103... ... are condensed to produce kewda water, or the kewda vapors are captured in sandalwood oil and formulated from this base. The kewda plant is salt tolerant and has been planted in coastal areas to check drifting sand. Read the entire page →
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From page 105... ... Grindelia resins have properties similar to the terpenoids in wood and gum rosins, which are used commercially in adhesives, varnishes, paper sizings, printing inks, soaps, and numerous other industrial applications (Figure 3~. With increasing costs and declining supplies of these wood-based materials, substitutions with Grindelia resins in this market (700,000 tons per year) Read the entire page →
From page 106... ... It has been cultivated there for more than 1,000 years as a source of specialty oils, medicines, and vegetable dyes. The Chinese tallow tree possesses several valuable characteristics: it can be seeded directly; it grows rapidly in warm, waterlogged saline soils; and it resprouts readily. Read the entire page →
From page 107... ... This oil and its derivatives have been used primarily in cosmetics, but broader use as a component in specialty lubricants and waxes will probably develop when increased oil production brings lower prices. Currently there are about 16,000 hectares of jojoba plantations in the southwestern United States and other plantations in Mexico, Australia, Israel, Argentina, and South Africa and other African nations. Read the entire page →
From page 108... ... It grows under a wide range of environmental conditions from Mexico to Canada, commonly appearing on disturbed sites and saline soil. In addition to its forage value, it contains natural rubber and a hydrocarbon resin, and it has constituents that are potential insecticides and fungicides. Read the entire page →
From page 109... ... Guayule must be grown in frost-free areas because freezing kills it. In contrast, Chrysothamnus grows on poor soil, on disturbed sites, and on saline soil. Read the entire page →
From page 110... ... Germination, seedling growth, and evaluation of nine-month culms in India indicate that 1.5-2.0 tons per hectare of pulp for papermaking can be produced on saline soil. The textile screw pine, Pandanus tectorius, abounds in tidal flats of Southeast Asia, Malaysia, and Polynesia. Read the entire page →
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From page 112... ... ........ A : The American oil palm, Elacis olcifcra, is found in coastal swamp forests from the lower basin of the Amazon to southern Mexico. Read the entire page →
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From page 114... ... Elaeis oleifera is found in coastal swamp forests from the lower basin of the Amazon to southern Mexico. Often called the American Read the entire page →
From page 116... ... , a common evergreen tree of coastal southern India, Burma, and Sri I,anka. In preliminary testing against oxyphenbutazone, a widely prescribed antiinflammatory, callophyIlolide appears promising for the treatment of inflammatory and rheumatic conditions. Read the entire page →
From page 117... ... i ~los~mn . }= Eke rice facts pan ^ great Hers ~ Iity Progesterone and oraDy active progesterone . Read the entire page →
From page 118... ... Neem seedlings have been grown successfully in Pakistan on sandy soil using irrigation water with an EC of 17 dS/m. A neem plantation has been established near Mecca in Saudi Arabia to provide shade for Muslim pilgrims. Read the entire page →
From page 119... ... pestifer Ascorbic acid 77 mg/lOOg Vitamin Heart stimulant, binds to brain neuroreceptors Antihypertensives, vasodilators Weakly antihypertensive S gemmascens Citnc acid 3.4% Food additive SOURCE: Adapted from Fowler, 1985. Read the entire page →
From page 120... ... nummularia 1.5-2 2 Callistemon rigidus red Apr 2 1 Cassuz mexicana yellow Apr-Sept 0.5-0.75 1 Colutea istria yellow Mar-Apr 2 1 Maireana sedifolia 2 2 Melaleuca nesophila lilac May-July 3 1 Retama raetam white/ Mar-Apr 2 1 purple Tamarix chinensis violet 3 1 "mapu" LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL USE Many attractive halophytes can be used as landscape plants, especially in areas with constraints on the use of fresh water for watering or irrigation. In Israel, trees such as Conocarpus erectus, Eucalyptus sargentii, and Melaleuca halmaturorum, and shrubs such as Maireana sedifolia, Borrichea frutescens, and Clerodendrum inerme are sold for amenity planting to allow irrigation with saline Read the entire page →
From page 121... ... 0.6 3 A macrostachyam 0.5 3 Batis maritime 0.3 3 Biennial and Perennial Ground Cover: Arctotis grandis assorted Dec-Apr Aster alpinus blue Dec-Apr Catharansus roseus white/ Most of year pink Cineraru: merits violet Apr-June 1 Crithrnum maritimum yellow May-June 2 Gazania splendens assorted Dec-May 1 Inula crithmoides yellow June-July 3 Nitraria billardieri white Apr-May 3 Ses~vium verrucosum lilac June-July 3 Lawn Grasses: Cynodon dactylon Paspalum vaginatum 2 2 Salt resistance: arbitrary degrees according to soil electrical conductivity: 1 = 5-15 dS/m; 2 = 15-25 dS/m; 3 = 25-50 dS/m. Read the entire page →
From page 122... ... 1968. Experimental cultivation of some essential oil bearing plants in saline soils. Read the entire page →
From page 123... ... 1981. Woody biomass potential of the Chinese tallow tree. Read the entire page →
From page 124... ... Ju? 3cus rigidly for saline soils. Read the entire page →
From page 125... ... 1980. Irrigation a l'eau sales de deux varietes de cotonnier dens lee essais de plein champ. Read the entire page →
From page 126... ... in Saudi Arabia. Economic Botany 43:35-38. Read the entire page →
From page 127... ... K Dutta, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar 751 013, Orissa, India. Read the entire page →
From page 128... ... 371, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Chinese Tallow Tree Robert Kleiman, USDA Northern Regional Research Center, 1815 North University, Peoria, IL 61604, US. Read the entire page →
From page 129... ... Bagby, USDA Northern Regional Research Center, 1815 North University, Peoria, IL 61604, US. Read the entire page →
From page 130... ... Bioactive Derivatives Calophyilum inophyIlum S Mehrotra, Pharmacognosy Section, National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow 22600, India. Read the entire page →

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... are condensed to produce kewda water, or the kewda vapors are captured in sandalwood oil and formulated from this base. The kewda plant is salt tolerant and has been planted in coastal areas to check drifting sand.

Fiber and Other Products Pages 103-130

Fiber and Other Products
Pages 103-130