Sarah M. Venter

University of the Witwatersrand — South Africa

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

African Botany and Ecology Studies(23), Agriculture and Rural Development Research(15), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies(10), Plant Diversity and Evolution(5), Plant and animal studies(4)

Publications32 total

Comment les chauves-souris et les papillons de nuit préservent les baobabs d'Afrique
2025
The secret life of baobabs: how bats and moths keep Africa’s giant trees alive
2025
Regional flower visitor assemblages and divergence of floral traits of the baobab <i>Adansonia digitata</i> (Malvaceae) across Africa
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society·2025Open Access
Baobabs: Africa’s unique trees defy climate challenges, continue to flourish
2024
Baobabs as symbols of resilience
Nature Plants·2024· 1 cited
Book Review: ‘The African Baobab’
African Journal of Range and Forage Science·2024Open Access
The effect of a post-anaesthesia high-care unit (PAHCU) admission on mobilization, length of stay and in-hospital mortality post-surgery in low energy neck of femur fracture patients
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology·2024Open Access
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (<i>Adansonia digitata</i>)
Biotropica·2021· 6 cited
The sex organs of baobab flowers may solve the puzzle of trees that bear more fruit
2021
The Flowering Plants of Africa. Celebrating 100 years: 1921 - 2021
2021
Reproductive ecology of the African baobab: Floral features differ among individuals with different fruit production
Forest Ecology and Management·2021· 10 cited
Selection of okra (<i>Abelmoschus esculentus</i>) collections based on seed minerals and total phenolic content
Acta Horticulturae·2020
Citizen Science Confirms the Rarity of Fruit Bat Pollination of Baobab (Adansonia digitata) Flowers in Southern Africa
Diversity·2020· 17 citedOpen Access
Phenology, flowering and fruit-set patterns of baobabs, Adansonia digitata, in southern Africa
Forest Ecology and Management·2019· 19 cited
Do reproductive traits explain fruiting disparity within populations of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.)?
South African Journal of Botany·2018Open Access
Baobabs (Adansonia digitata L.) are self-incompatible and ‘male’ trees can produce fruit if hand-pollinated
South African Journal of Botany·2017· 25 citedOpen Access
One African baobab species or two? Synonymy of <i>Adansonia kilima</i> and <i>A. digitata</i>
Taxon·2016· 28 cited
One African baobab species or two? A re-evaluation of Adansonia kilima
South African Journal of Botany·2016· 7 citedOpen Access
Unraveling the mystery of low fruit production baobabs using hand pollination experiments in the Venda region of South Africa
South African Journal of Botany·2016Open Access
Harvesting from the Tree of Life: responsible commercialization of baobab in South Africa and Malawi
2015· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

E.T.F. Witkowski(14), Kelsey L. Glennon(8), G.V. Cron(7), David Baum(5), Nisa Karimi(4), Chukwudi A. Udeh(2), R. Tivakudze(2), Craig T. Symes(2), A. Chetty(2), Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo(1), Peter J. Taylor(1), Catherine Vise(1), Macy A. Krishnamoorthy(1), Tigga Kingston(1), Adrian Pătruț(1), Diana H. Mayne(1), Karl F. von Reden(1), Daniel A. Löwy(1), Ann P. McNichol(1), M.L. Roberts(1)