Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34508 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 191.01 ARACEAE Arisaema sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | RootsUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hooker Sir JW | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Hooker Dr JDx0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Eaten by Bhotheas. Arisaema tortuosum Schott. Himalaya Bot. Mag. t 5931. (Kew list Tender? Monocots). Arum tortuosum Wall. India = Arisaema tortuosum Schott. Reg. Himal (Fl.B.Ind VI. 502 Kew Index) Bot. Mag. t 5931 Arisaema curvatum native, of the Himalayas. The tuberous roots of this and allied species of Arisaema are used for food in times of scarsity by the Nepalis of Sikkim. They are prepared by burying them in masses in the ground until acetous fermentation stes in when they are dug up,, washed and cooked. By this means the poisonous properties of the root are in part dispersed but not altogether and violent illness often follow a hearty meal of Tong as this food is called. The nutritious starch with which these tubers are filled might b, e easily separated by grating and washing, and an element as good as Portland Ireland arrowroot (the starch of Arum masulateum) be thus procured in quantities. Tuber as large as a nut or walnut with many fleshy fibres. There is no reference to the native, name of Tongk or Tong on any of the Herbarium specimens of Arisaema, nor can I find the name in Dict. of Economic Products India. From the accompanying extract (Bot. Mag.) it seems clear that Tong is applied to more than one species of Arisaema. J.H.H. Ap, ril 19th 1904. | ||||