Stems - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46636 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 148.01 LORANTHACEAE Viscum capense | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Stems | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Stems | Geography Description | South Africa | ||
| Uses | StemsUse: MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 14 G 1 | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Exhibitor - VJ Beyers, No 15, Farm 'Onrust River' P.O Hermanus Peters Fontun Division Caledon - South Africa, Exhibit No 15 Locality - Exhibitors Farm Caledon S.A. Dr Pappe's Horae Capensis Medicae page 19 & 20A parasitical plant growing on, the stems of several species of Rhus and Eucles in most parts of the Colony. In its appearance and properties it is nearly allied to the European Mistletoe. Its stems are mucilaginous and a little astringent. These are employed as an antispasmodic in ca, ses of epilepsy in children and young females where the bowels are loose, and when the disease is just commencing. It has also been recommended in St.Vitus's dance, asthma and similar complaints, and is prescribed in the form of a powder or decoction. | ||||