Herb - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47319 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 114.01 SOLANACEAE Solanum niveum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Herb | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Herb | Geography Description | Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Uses | HerbUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 15 D 7 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Beyers VJx0Dx0AColonial & Indian Exhib 1886x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The leaves of this Solanum are smooth on the upper and woolly on the lower surface. The application of the latter to foul ulcers, cleanses them, and a cure is afterwards effected by applying the upper surface. Hense their Dutch name Geneesb, laren. The fresh juice of the berries and .... the rest of the label had been cut off!! Label source: Exhibitor V J Beyers No. 7. Farm 'Onrust River' P.O. Hermanus Peters Fontein division Caledon - South Africa. Colonial name Genesblaren. Locality -Exhib, itors Farm. Properties: cleanses and heals foul ulcers. Vide Dr Pappes Florae Capensis Medicae. p. 30. | ||||