Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36514 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 174.07 SMILACACEAE Smilax ovalifolia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | RootUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 27 C 2 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Local name - Gootee. This climbing shrub is very common in the Concans. The roots are very numerous, and have a general resemblance to sarsaparilla. A section shows a dry, tuberous, brown bark. One row of 5 sided yellow cells which are, more or less wedge shaped, their nuclei being situated toward the apices. A range of numerous rows of ovoid cells, variable in size, with central nuclei, these extend as far as, and partially surround the vascular zone, which has large vessels with gener, ally 2 smaller ones in contact with them. Within the vascular zone the central portion of the root is made up of large thin walled cells filled with starch or red colouring matter. The latter is most abundant in young roots. Gootee is not used in Bomba, y, but in Goa it is kept in all the shops, and is the sarsaparilla of the Portuguese. | ||||