Kamala (Powder) - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42238 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Mallotus philippensis | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Kamala (Powder) | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Kamala (Powder) | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | Kamala (Powder)Use: MEDICINES - Skin/Subcutaneous Cellular Tissue Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Skin/Subcutaneous Cellular Tissue Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 32 G 5 | ||
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| Collector | Hanbury Collection | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Importation of wurrus (Capila podie dye of Ainslie). See Phar Journ xii p 589 p 368. A few days since we observed in the hnds of a drug broker in the city a sample of this substance, of which one chest, imported from Bombay, was sellingas, Dragons Blood. Wurrus is a brick red powder, collected from the seed vessels of a Euphorbiaceous tree Rottlera tinctoria Roxb. occurring in Arabia, E Africa, and in various parts of India. It is used in these countries as a dye for silk, and is also adm, inistered internally as remedy in cutaneous disorders. Examination with a good lens and solution in alcohol, readily distinguish it from dragons blood, which is sometimes brought to Europe in the powder state. (Sample includes two pot samples of kamale, residue.) | ||||