Fruits - Specimen details

Fruits - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 47231

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Plant Name 114.01 SOLANACEAE Withania coagulans Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fruits Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Fruits Geography Description India, Bombay
Uses FruitsUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 23 B 9
Donor Date Donor Notes India Museum Date: 00/00/1880x0Dx0A
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Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: A description of the plant and its uses will be found in the Pharm of India. The fruit is sold in the Bombay shops, it is about the size shape and colour of a dried cherry, skin smooth and shining, reddish brown, much shrivelled. It conta, ins a large number of flattened reniform seeds of a light reddish brown colour, and about 1/8 inch long, these are sticky from the presence of a small quantity of brown pulp, the testa is reticulated. Kaknuj has a fruity odour and hardly any taste.

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