Course Description & Objectives:
- Introduction to plants and their classification.
- Flowering plants and their morphology: life cycles, growth habitat.
- Modification of plants in relation to functions: modified organs, reproduction in flowering plants; mechanisms of pollination, fertilization; mechanism and seed dispersal.
- Natural history of Uganda’s plants Ethno botany: the cultural and economic value of plants, use of plants by wildlife. Plants and their environment: distribution and ecology.
- Ecological regions of Uganda and their characteristic floral vegetation types; and forests savanna, dry lands, aquatic.
- Impact of man on plants: deforestation, decertification, and environment pollution.
- Conservation of plants and their sustainable utilization: tree planting, afforestation, botanic gardening.
- Diversity of East Africa’s (Uganda in particular) flora and its importance to tourism.
- Practical include plant collecting, identification and classification including herbarium techniques.
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