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April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). There are 268 days remaining. April 7 - Events. 529 - first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague. 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu 1541 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. 1655 - Fab ...

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See text The baobabs (Adansonia), occasionally known colloquially as "monkey-bread trees", are a genus of eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (the centre of diversity, with six species), and Africa and Australia (one species in each). The species reach heights of between 5-25 m (exceptionally 30 m) tall, and up to 7 m (exceptionally 11 m) in trunk diameter. They are noted for storing water inside the swollen trunk. All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry ...

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List of biologists - Ba-Bi. Churchill Babington (1831-1881), British archaeologist and conchologist John Bachman (1790-1874), American naturalist Curt Backeberg (1894-1966), German botanist (abbr. in botany: Backeb.) Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876), embryology Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954),American botanist (abbr. in botany : L.H.Bailey) Spencer Fullerton Baird, (1823-1887), birds and mammals John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), Scottish botanist (abb ...

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List of biologists, List of biologists - A, List of biologists - B, List of biologists - Ba-Bi, List of biologists - Bl-Bu, List of biologists - C, List of biologists - D, List of biologists - E, List of biologists - F, List of biologists - G, List of biologists - H, List of biologists - I, List of biologists - J, List of biologists - K, List of biologists - L, List of biologists - M, List of biologists - Ma-Mi, List of biologists - Mo-Mu, List of biologists - N, List of biologists - O, List of biologists - P, List of biologists - Q, List of biologists - R, List of biologists - S, List of biologists - Sa-So, List of biologists - Sp-Sy, List of biologists - T, List of biologists - U, List of biologists - V, List of biologists - W, List of biologists - X, List of biologists - Y, List of biologists - Z

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The leaves are also common as a leaf vegetable throughout the area of mainland African distribution, including Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the Sahel. They are eaten both fresh and in the form of a dry powder. In Nigeria, the leaves are locally known as kuka, and are used to make kuka soup. The dry pulp of the fruit, after separation from the seeds and fibers, is eaten directly or mixed into porridge or milk. The seeds are most used as a thickener for soups, but may also be fermented into a seasoning, roasted for direct consumption, or pounded to extract vegetable oil. The tree also provides a ...

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Baobab, Baobab - Uses, Baobab - Cultural references

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List of biologists - Ma-Mi. John Macadam (1827-1865), Scottish-born Australian botanist William MacGillivray (1796-1852), Scottish naturalist Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian anatomist and biologist Lynn Margulis (born 1938), American microbiologist Alberto della Marmora (1789-1863), Italian naturalist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899), paleontology Barry Marshall (born 1951), Australian physician and microbiologist, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize ...

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List of biologists, List of biologists - A, List of biologists - B, List of biologists - Ba-Bi, List of biologists - Bl-Bu, List of biologists - C, List of biologists - D, List of biologists - E, List of biologists - F, List of biologists - G, List of biologists - H, List of biologists - I, List of biologists - J, List of biologists - K, List of biologists - L, List of biologists - M, List of biologists - Ma-Mi, List of biologists - Mo-Mu, List of biologists - N, List of biologists - O, List of biologists - P, List of biologists - Q, List of biologists - R, List of biologists - S, List of biologists - Sa-So, List of biologists - Sp-Sy, List of biologists - T, List of biologists - U, List of biologists - V, List of biologists - W, List of biologists - X, List of biologists - Y, List of biologists - Z

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List of biologists - Sa-So. Joseph Sabine (1770-1837), English naturalist Julius von Sachs (1832-1897), German botanist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861), French zoologist Edward James Salisbury (1886-1978), British botanist Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761-1829), British botanist Robert Sapolsky (born 1957), American neuroscientist Georg Sars (1837-1927), Norwegian marine bi ...

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List of biologists, List of biologists - A, List of biologists - B, List of biologists - Ba-Bi, List of biologists - Bl-Bu, List of biologists - C, List of biologists - D, List of biologists - E, List of biologists - F, List of biologists - G, List of biologists - H, List of biologists - I, List of biologists - J, List of biologists - K, List of biologists - L, List of biologists - M, List of biologists - Ma-Mi, List of biologists - Mo-Mu, List of biologists - N, List of biologists - O, List of biologists - P, List of biologists - Q, List of biologists - R, List of biologists - S, List of biologists - Sa-So, List of biologists - Sp-Sy, List of biologists - T, List of biologists - U, List of biologists - V, List of biologists - W, List of biologists - X, List of biologists - Y, List of biologists - Z

Read more here: » List of biologists: Encyclopedia II - List of biologists - S