Leaves and stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 48876 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 112.01 BORAGINACEAE Echium sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves and stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Pakistan | TDWG Region | Pakistan | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves and stem | Geography Description | Pakistan, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Lahore | ||
| Uses | Leaves and stemUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Museum | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Gaozaban consits of the leaves more or less broken and mixed with pieces of stem; it cannot be mistaken for any other drug as the leaf is remarkably thick and studded on both sides with large white calcareous glands, from which simple hairs, 1/8 of an inch arise; the latter generally get broken off, but where protection from friction has been afforded by a bend in the leaf the perfect gland and hair will be found. When fresh the dried leaves are of a greyish green colour, and have a rather p, leasant tea like odour. The taste is mucilaginous and saline; placed in water they give out a large quanity of mucilage Mr Moodeen Sheirff has raised the plant from seed, but as it did not blossom he was unable to determine the species. Gul-i-gao-zaban ar, e of a deep blue colour, 1 to 1 1/4 inches long, tubular, with a wide mouth, and have the same tea like odour as the leaves. The calyx is 5 partite and thickly set with calcecareous hairs; stamens 5, attached to the corolla; the bulk of the drug is derive, d from the calyx. If long kept it loses it deep blue colour and turns reddish both drugs are imported from Persia; they are much used in native practise especially for bilious affections. There properties are described in the Pharmacopoeia of India. Dr Dy, mock | ||||