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Education Courses Tropical Botany

Tropical Botany

Language
English
Nature
optional C
Method of evaluation
semi-final examination
Year in the curriculum
1
Semester in the curriculum
1
Credits
2
Lectures
15
Specialization
veterinary (English)
Allow for
  • Vet EN

Course description

Subject leader (e-mail): Dr. Péli Evelin Ramóna ([Click to see email])

  • Vet EN, Zoology

Prerequisite subject: are not

Mandatory literature: lecture notes

Recommended literature:

Keller R. (2023) A field guide to tropical plant families. Springer Nature Switzerland. 494. p.

Blancke R. (2016) Tropical fruits and other edible plants of the world. Cornell University Press. 350 p.

Utteridge T., Bramley G. (2015) Tropical plant families identification handbook. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 232.p

Bradbury, J. H., and Holloway, W. D. (1988) Chemistry of Tropical Root Crops: significance for nutrition and agriculture in the Pacific. ACIAR Monograph No. 6, 201 p.

Downum K.R., Romeo J.T., Stafford H.A. (1993) Phytochemical potential of tropical plants. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. 299 p.

Lectures theme

Week Lectures (7×90 min. + 1×45 min.)
1 Tropical vegetation zones
2 Phytochemistry of tropical plants
3 Poisonous plants of tropics
4 Stimulants crops of tropics
5 Cultivated plants in tropics: fruits, tubers
6 Cultivated plants in tropics: palms and spices crops
7 Tropical ethnopharmacology
8 Consultation, test.

Evaluation description

Students need to attend at least 4 lectures to accept the course. The course ends with a written exam.

 

Grading scheme:

  • excellent (5): 86%
  • good (4): 76%
  • satisfactory (3): 66%
  • pass (2): 51%

Exam information

Written exam at the end of semester.

 

Update: 2024.09.03.