First record of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorGebauer, Jens
dc.contributor.authorWhitney, Cory W.
dc.contributor.authorTabuti, John R. S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T22:01:41Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T22:01:41Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is a remarkable key tree species with different uses in many African countries. International interest in the species has intensified in recent years. Despite the wide distribution of the baobab in many African regions, the tree has been reported to be absent in Uganda. In 2015 and 2016, research trips in the Central, Western, Eastern and Northern Regions of Uganda were conducted to screen the cultivated and natural flora for baobabs. As a result, four vigorous baobab trees aged 9 and 22 years were identified in two gardens in the Iganga and Soroti Districts in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The origins of the planting materials were Nyala in Sudan and Mombasa in Kenya. To our knowledge, these are the first scientific records of baobab in Uganda and some research questions and key propositions are formulated based on this discovery.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGebauer, J., Whitney, C. W., & Tabuti, J. R. (2016). First record of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Uganda. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63(5), 755-762. DOI 10.1007/s10722-016-0387-yen_US
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10722-016-0387-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3881
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGenetic Resources and Crop Evolutionen_US
dc.subjectAdansonia digitataen_US
dc.subjectBaobaben_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.subjectFruit treeen_US
dc.subjectMalvaceaeen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleFirst record of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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