In agroforestry , trees and bushes contribute to the food supply in so far as parts of them are actually eaten ( leaves , fruits , buds , shoots , blossoms ) . The quantitative and qualitative importance of this direct source of food ...

Small trees and shrubs that lose their leaves in the dry period dominate the landscape with a scattered herbaceous understory . The botanical composition reflects the variation of the soil , precipitation and the history of over three ...

UTILIZATION OF TREES AND BUSHES IN RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Francisco Romero , Jorge Benavides , María Kass and ... Nevertheless , the production of food has not matched this accelerated population growth ; rather , during the last ...

It is food for the plants . Second , organic matter has the ability ... These leaves are broken down very fast and the nutrients are immediately taken up by the trees and plants to enable them to grow . The layer of dead leaves of the ...

... ii ) trees and shrubs are utilized in SE Asia for the tender twigs , shoots and leaves , which are eaten cooked or fresh , like in Gnetum , Sauropus or for the flowers like Sesbania ; iii ) nuts are important as food and for oil ...

... leaves for food and fodder , wood for fuel , building material and stakes and bark for tanning and medicine ( Solarte , 1997 ; Botero and Russo , 1998 ) . Among the broad number of nitrogen - fixing species , native trees and shrubs ...

Citrus belongs to the family Rutaceae and are mainly trees or shrubs , rarely herbs , with aromatic , alternate or opposite , usually compound leaves dotted with translucent glands containing an essential oil .

( 2 According to Rayner / when coffee trees are exposed to full sunlight , they are stimulated to vigorous photosynthetic ... of food materials , which is reflected by vigorous flowering and fruiting above the capacity of the bush .

The values for the leaves are presented here , but in some cases value for twigs should also be considered in making ... However , if one were to be suggested , it would be to test whether or not any of the trees and shrubs native to ...

SITHOLEY , R. V. Observations on the tree- dimensional structure of the leaf cuti- cle in certain plants . Annals of Bota- ny 35 ( 141 ) ... In Interna- tional Congress of Food Science and Technology , 1st . , 1962. Abstracts and Papers .