Year 11 Geographers week...

This week we looked at the rainforest, it's climate, and the goods it provides us with

we leant about the medicines it provides us with including:-

Mammosa fruits are boiled in water and the steam inhaled to treat sinus infections. It is related to the eggplant. Eggplant preparations are used to treat skin cancer in some countries.

Rosy Periwinkle-

Originally from the dry tropical forests of Madagascar, this plant yields two of the most important anti-cancer

drugs—vincristine and vinblastine—in use today. Since the development of these medicines, the chance of

surviving childhood leukaemia has risen from 10% to 95%.
 Golden Trumpet flower-

 

In Surinam

traditional medicine, the flowers are used as a laxative, while the roots are used to treat jaundice, an enlarged

spleen and complications with malaria. The plant has also been discovered to have antibiotic properties.

We also learnt that the biosphere acts as our LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM by regulating  the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere