Edible tubers - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34489 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 191.01 ARACEAE Amorphophallus paeoniifolius | Entry Book Number | 31.1885 | |
| Artefact Name | Edible tubers | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Edible tubers | Geography Description | India, Madras, Cuddapah | ||
| Uses | Edible tubersUse: FOOD User: Not defined | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Office | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Madras Presidencyx0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Common. During the rain and cold season. Label source: Long notes on taxonomy. Probably Amorphophallus, as Dracontium polyphyllum is not Indian except under cultivation, while the original label suggests that the specimen was native. More, detailed notes on reasons for taxonomy are included. Met with on the Malabar Hills, Bombay and the Concans, therefore even less likely the be Dracontium polyphyllum Linn. | ||||
| Determinations: | 191.01 ARACEAE Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson 191.01 ARACEAE Amorphophallus dubius Bl. | ||||