The National Indigenous Knowledge Management System
Future systems that will be available via the NIKSO Portal include the IK Register of Designations.
Highlights
Summary
*IKSDC - Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centre
Full Details
Operations provided by NIKMAS are as follows:
- African Traditional Medicine
- Food Security
Pharmacopoeia
Featured Plant
Pittosporum viridiflorum is an attractive evergreen shrub with a dense crown. It varies in size from a large shrubof about 4 metres in height to a forest tree of up to 30 metres high. The bark is pale brown to greyish with distinctive lenticels. The simple leaves are glossy and dark green. They are usually wider above the middle with conspicuous translucent net-veining on the lower surfaces. In early summer small sweetly fragrant, greenish white flowers are produced in terminal clusters. Flowers are followed by small brown capsules which split open to release numerous small orange seeds. The seeds are covered in a sticky resinous exudate.