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Tabernanthe iboga

Tabernanthe iboga belongs to the family Apocynaceae and is a shrub up to 4 m tall with small fragrant flowers and yellowish to red berries. It is dist [ ... ]

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Friends of PROTA

The PROTA Foundation has ANBI (‘Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling’)-status, which means it is a not-for-profit organization for the general good and is tax-exempted.
You can support the programme by your voluntary contribution or by adopting the ‘information costs’ (review article) of one or more useful plants of tropical Africa or by adopting a complete commodity group (review articles, stakeholder consultations, conclusions and recommendations).

Individual species: 2,000 completed
5,000 to go!

1 useful plant: EUR 1,500
10 useful plants: EUR 15,000
100 useful plants: EUR 150,000
1,000 useful plants: EUR 1,500,000

Commodity groups:

PROTA 1:	Cereals and pulses	Completed
PROTA 2:	Vegetables	Completed
PROTA 3:	Dyes and tannins	Completed
PROTA 4:	Ornamentals	EUR 2,400,000 – details
PROTA 5:	Forages	EUR 1,500,000 – details
PROTA 6:	Fruits	EUR 1,500,000 – details
PROTA 7(1):	Timbers 1	Completed
PROTA 7(2):	Timbers 2	Partly funded – details
PROTA 8:	Carbohydrates	EUR 500,000 – details
PROTA 9:	Auxiliary plants	EUR 600,000 – details
PROTA 10:	Fuel plants	EUR 500,000 – details
PROTA 11(1):	Medicinal plants 1	Completed
PROTA 11(2):	Medicinal plants 2	EUR 1,500,000 – details
PROTA 11(3):	Medicinal plants 3	EUR 1,500,000 – details
PROTA 11(4):	Medicinal plants 4	EUR 1,500,000 – details
PROTA 12:	Spices and condiments	EUR 500,000 – details
PROTA 13:	Essential oils and exudates	EUR 700,000 – details
PROTA 14:	Vegetable oils	Completed
PROTA 15:	Stimulants	EUR 500,000 – details
PROTA 16:	Fibres	Partly funded – details

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PROTA Anunual Report 2010

PROTA is pleased to send you the e-version of the Annual Report 2010 (click here). The report features the advancements on the new interactive web [ ... ]

PROTA Recommends... Medicinal Plants

PROTA Recommends series 11 Medicinal Plants is now out. This booklet, a results of experts consultation, provides useful information on research [ ... ]

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