Vegetable oil production potential from Jatropha curcas, Croton megalocarpus, Aleurites moluccana, Moringa oleifera and Pachira glabra: Assessment of renewable energy resources for bio-energy production in Africa

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1352-1356

  Kibazohi, O ^a   Sangwan, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aleurites moluccana; Croton megalocarpus; Jatropha curcas; Moringa oleifera; Pachira glabra

Indexed keywords

ALEURITES MOLUCCANA; CROTON MEGALOCARPUS; JATROPHA CURCAS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PACHIRA GLABRA;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOFUELS; DECISION THEORY; LUBRICATING OILS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEED; VEGETABLE OILS;

WELL STIMULATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HARVESTING; OIL PRODUCTION; PLANT EXTRACT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH WORK; SEED; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETABLE OIL; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; ASIA;

ALEURITES; ALEURITES MOLUCCANA; CROTON MEGALOCARPUS; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PACHIRA;

EID: 79451471994     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.048     Document Type: Article

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