Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia

Eagleton G.E. 2016. Review: Persistent Pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia. Biodiversitas 17: 716-732. This review traces advances in taxonomic and ethnobotanic understanding of the genera Corypha L. and Borassus L. gained from research since the time of publication of “Harvest of the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:78e7520ccd1d40bc80633640f928c1562021-11-14T02:27:09ZReview: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia1412-033X2085-472210.13057/biodiv/d170247https://doaj.org/article/78e7520ccd1d40bc80633640f928c1562016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://smujo.id/biodiv/article/view/350https://doaj.org/toc/1412-033Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2085-4722Eagleton G.E. 2016. Review: Persistent Pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia. Biodiversitas 17: 716-732. This review traces advances in taxonomic and ethnobotanic understanding of the genera Corypha L. and Borassus L. gained from research since the time of publication of “Harvest of the Palm; Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia’’ by James J. Fox in 1977. It posits testable hypotheses arising from the literature: firstly, that both genera were present in the furthest parts of island Southeast Asia prior to a definitive Indianized cultural expansion in the first millennium CE.; secondly, that two of their species ̶ “lontar†Borassus flabellifer L. and “gewang†Corypha utan Lam. ̶ were significant components of pre-agricultural economies of the archipelago, but that their full economic exploitation benefited from later cultural stimuli from the Indian subcontinent. To test these hypotheses, lines of research with potential benefits for local economies in semi-arid Indonesia are proposed.GRAHAM E. EAGLETONMBI & UNS Soloarticleborassus, corypha, origins, proto-agricultural uses, southeast asiaBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENBiodiversitas, Vol 17, Iss 2 (2016)
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topic borassus, corypha, origins, proto-agricultural uses, southeast asia
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Biology (General)
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GRAHAM E. EAGLETON
Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
description Eagleton G.E. 2016. Review: Persistent Pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia. Biodiversitas 17: 716-732. This review traces advances in taxonomic and ethnobotanic understanding of the genera Corypha L. and Borassus L. gained from research since the time of publication of “Harvest of the Palm; Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia’’ by James J. Fox in 1977. It posits testable hypotheses arising from the literature: firstly, that both genera were present in the furthest parts of island Southeast Asia prior to a definitive Indianized cultural expansion in the first millennium CE.; secondly, that two of their species ̶ “lontar†Borassus flabellifer L. and “gewang†Corypha utan Lam. ̶ were significant components of pre-agricultural economies of the archipelago, but that their full economic exploitation benefited from later cultural stimuli from the Indian subcontinent. To test these hypotheses, lines of research with potential benefits for local economies in semi-arid Indonesia are proposed.
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title Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
title_short Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
title_full Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
title_fullStr Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
title_full_unstemmed Review: Persistent pioneers; Borassus L. and Corypha L. in Malesia
title_sort review: persistent pioneers; borassus l. and corypha l. in malesia
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