Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 46189

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Plant Name 126.01 LABIATAE Salvia moorcroftiana Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description India
Uses SeedsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Notes: Label source: Small, polished, heart shaped seeds of a grey colour, prettily marked with delicate dark brown lines like basket work, length 1/10 inch; breadth somewhat less. One side of the seed is arched; the other presents 2 sloping surfaces uniting t, o form a longitudinal ridge. When soaked in water it immediately becomes thickly coated with a semi-opaque mucilage. Kernel is oily and has a sweet nutty taste. Dymock Pharm Journ. FOr description of Phyllanthus Madrs patenas see Roxburgh Flora Indica, . iii 654. (Proved by Stapf to be a Labiate in June 1891

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