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How a forgotten plant of Mexico’s tropical forests revolutionised life for women

Ginkgo biloba

It’s fruit Jim, but not as we know it

a stem of Boswellia papyrifera in Ethiopia being tapped in order to collect frankincense, a gum-resin that the tree exudes when the bark is wounded. The resin, which is an impotant source of local income, is produced and transported by a network of canals that is limited to a narrow zone within the inner bark, a fact that can help to inform and improve tapping methods. See Tolera et al.

Wise men (and women) in the January Annals of Botany

Gingko biloba

Our August issue is now online

Actinidia deliciosa

Inside the Kiwi fruit for July’s cover image

Detail of the stigma of a flower of apple, Malus × domestica

August Image: Apple Stigma