Guanacaste Tree
Episode 29 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Guanacaste Tree" was published on May 18, 2024 and runs 8 minutes.
May 18, 2024 ·8m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
There is COVID in our house, and I still have to get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow. I can’t think of a clever description, but I managed to make an episode on time, so be proud of me, please. This tree is named after intestines. That’s pretty interesting, right? Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FR372 https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/speciesprofile.php?Spid=734 Chemical composition, secondary metabolites and nutritive value of elephant-ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb): A review by N.J. Ekanem, Udoh Inyang, & Kingsley Ikwunze (2022) http://dx.doi.org/10.51791/njap.v49i2.3489 Enterolobium cyclocarpum Seed Passage Rate and Survival in Horses, Costa Rican Pleistocene Seed Dispersal Agents by Daniel H. Janzen (1981) https://doi.org/10.2307/1937726 https://www.govisitcostarica.com/blog/post/elephant-ear-tree-history-costa-rica-national-tree.aspx# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterolobium_cyclocarpum#cite_ref-14 https://winrock.org/enterolobium-cyclocarpum-the-ear-pod-tree-for-pasture-fodder-and-wood/ Tropical Plants of Costa Rica by Willow Zuchowski
Episode Description
There is COVID in our house, and I still have to get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow. I can’t think of a clever description, but I managed to make an episode on time, so be proud of me, please. This tree is named after intestines. That’s pretty interesting, right?
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FR372
- https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/speciesprofile.php?Spid=734
- Chemical composition, secondary metabolites and nutritive value of elephant-ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb): A review by N.J. Ekanem, Udoh Inyang, & Kingsley Ikwunze (2022) http://dx.doi.org/10.51791/njap.v49i2.3489
- Enterolobium cyclocarpum Seed Passage Rate and Survival in Horses, Costa Rican Pleistocene Seed Dispersal Agents by Daniel H. Janzen (1981) https://doi.org/10.2307/1937726
- https://www.govisitcostarica.com/blog/post/elephant-ear-tree-history-costa-rica-national-tree.aspx#
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterolobium_cyclocarpum#cite_ref-14
- https://winrock.org/enterolobium-cyclocarpum-the-ear-pod-tree-for-pasture-fodder-and-wood/
- Tropical Plants of Costa Rica by Willow Zuchowski