Nontimber Forest Product Yield and Income from Thaumatococcus daniellii under a Mixed Tree Plantation System in Ghana

Thaumatococcus daniellii is a wild sourced tropical understorey herb that is harvested for its foliage and fruits from which thaumatin—a proteinous sweetener—is extracted. With increased demand for natural sweeteners, uncontrolled harvesting of T. daniellii from the wild is suggested to be neither s...

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Main Authors: Samuel Boadi, Mark Baah-Acheamfour, Francis Ulzen-Appiah, Ghulam Murtaza Jamro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Forestry Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/524863
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