Scale - Specimen details

Scale - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 30754

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Plant Name 301.00 MARATTIACEAE Marattia fraxinea Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Scale Vernacular Name
Iso Country New Zealand TDWG Region New Zealand
Parts Held Scale Geography Description New Zealand
Uses ScaleUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
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Notes: Label source: The rootstock of this fern is used by the Maoris as an article of food. The rhizome or rootstock of the New Zealand species is composed of irregular agglomerated mass of thick fleshy scales, each scale being formed by the enlargment of a st, ipe base, the stipe separating by an articulation above the swelling after the frond has performed its functions. Linn. Jour. XVI p.2 JHH 15.6.06.

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