Fibre and stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49296 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Ectadiopsis oblongifolia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fibre and stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre and stem | Geography Description | South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa | ||
| Uses | Fibre and stemUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | British South Africa Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 02/05/1908 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: This plant grows as a small bush, to the ht of from 18ins to 5 ft, sending out its stems in long and thin whips with small branches. It apparently dies off during the cold weather from April to July. It is undoubtedly derived from seed, t, he pods of the plant containing a fluffy spiked, grass-like seed. The flower is very small and yellow in colour. The nature of the soil is sandy, and in some cases as around this farm, a dark chocolate sandy loam overlying granite with a good deal of iro, n in it. Country is undulating, rising from 3000 ft to 4000 ft. I have not noticed the plant above 4000 ft, but have seen it as low as 2000 ft. (Extr. from letter AT Millar Asst Sec the Brit Sth Africa Co, 2 London Wall Buildings, EC. to Director Apri, l 1908.) | ||||