Figure 5.
The growth of (a) I. cavalcantei, (b) I. marabaensis, and (c) I. asarifolia on soils collected from Canga N4 (N4 site#1, N4 site#2), S11 Plateau Canga (S11), and horticultural soil (Control). Pictures taken ten weeks after germination. Operculina hamiltonii (d), Merremia aegyptia (e) and Ipomoea grandifolia (f) grown on horticultural soil (C) or Canga soil (N4). Seedlings grown on Canga soil (N4) were retarded, shed leaves that developed necrotic lesions (lower close up images).