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Visitors from Talfourd Avenue go Tropical
On Saturday the 15th of March the Tropical Biodiversity Glasshouse project had the pleasure of hosting families from the Talfourd Avenue group. They kindly agreed to come test our new (and hopefully improved) glasshouse tour, which was designed and created … Continue reading
Posted in Countries, Fish, Hands-on, Interactive, Labelling, Learning and Teaching, Pond, Technology, Water Plants
Tagged banana, carnivorous plant, community education, Kinaesthetic learning, local visits, teaching and learning, Tropical biodiversity, Tropical Crops, Tropical food plants, water hyacinth, zingiberaceae
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Zebra Danio (Danio rerio) GCSE Learning Resource
Welcome to the first on-line learning resource based in the tropical biodiversity glasshouse at the University of Reading. This learning resource is based on the GCSE level curriculum for biology and is designed to be used as an entire one … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Fish, Learning and Teaching, Pond, Secondary Schools, Water Plants
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Tropical fruit in flower – Pineapple and Banana
Slightly over one year from planting out our Dwarf Cavendish banana is now in full bloom and the female flowers are already beginning to develop their distinct bunches of fruit. You can see the plant as it looked in September … Continue reading
Posted in Crops, Monocots, Neotropics
Tagged Ananas comosus, banana, banana plant, Bromeliaceae, bromeliad, flowering, Musa, Musaceae, pineapple, Tropical Crops, tropical fruit
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Musaceae – GIANT HERBS not trees!
When we talk about plants and people, the “Banana family” or Musaceae is one of the prominent ones. Although it has a long history and prominent role in human and wildlife diet, the puzzle of the origin and evolutionary theory … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Crops, Palaeotropics, Students
Tagged apple banana, banana, banana flower, banana fruit, bananas, Musaceae, pink banana, yellow banana
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