Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49352 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Periploca sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Kenya | TDWG Region | Kenya | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa | ||
| Uses | RootUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Imperial Institute | Donor No | L 745 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1929 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: M. 873-29 Root from Kenya, Director of Imperial Institute (Ref. L745) The specimen has been compared with the root of Chlorodon whitei HK.f. and with that of Periploca linearifolia Dill. & Rich. It shows considerable resemblance to the latt, er of these, and is probably the root of a sp of Periploca. L.A.B. 24.10.29. Submitted as a source of perfume: the plant occurs abundantly in the neighbourhood of Linuru, Kenya and could be cultivated if required (Extract letter Director Imp. Inst. 21st O, ct 1929. | ||||