Fruits and seeds - Specimen details

Fruits and seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 35711

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Plant Name 49.01 RHAMNACEAE Ziziphus spina-christi Entry Book Number 22.1995
Artefact Name Fruits and seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Ethiopia TDWG Region Ethiopia
Parts Held Fruits and seeds Geography Description Ethiopia, Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa
Uses Fruits and seedsUse: MATERIALS - Lipids User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Lipids
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor TWIN Ltd (Development Through Trade) Donor No
Donor Date 08/06/1995 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Bag of seeds and bag of fruits - From Pauline Tiffen, TWIN Ltd, London EC2A 2BH. Investigating fruits / seeds uses. Want to know if these seeds can be used to make oil for cosmetics. Reply from Frances Cook (enclosed) stresses primary use as food source, especially during lean years, and danger of diminishing the availability by use for other purposes.Possibly Z spina-christi
Determinations:49.01 RHAMNACEAE Ziziphus spina-christi
    187.00 PALMAE Socratea exorrhiza Wendl.

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