Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 35277

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Ceroxylon alpinum Entry Book Number 11.1898
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Colombia TDWG Region Colombia
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description Tolima, Cajamarcax0Dx0ALocality revised 2019
Uses SeedsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor White RB Donor No
Donor Date 14/01/1898 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: 'Wax from stem of a palm from 60 miles south of Cali, Western Andes. Flowers fruit etc are similar to ceroxylon audicola of which it may ? a var. The wax of which coats the stem as abundant as in audicola but seems difficient in compositi, on. It has an agreeable smell when rubbed or turned which the wax of audicola has not, and it is more brittle which would seem to indicate a large proportion of uses.' Rest illegible. Department of Cauca, Republic of Colombia. Received 12/1/98 2) Cerox, ylon alpinum Bonpl. (C.andicola Humb.) Western Andes, Columbia 11.1898 R.B. Whitex0Dx0Ax0Dx0ANotes updated 2019
Determinations:187.00 PALMAE Ceroxylon andicola Humb.
    187.00 PALMAE Ceroxylon alpinum Bonpl.

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