Seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50926 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Mimusops sp | Entry Book Number | 42.1884 | |
| Artefact Name | Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Seeds | Geography Description | River Niger | ||
| Uses | SeedsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Latham James | Donor No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Imported into Liverpool from the River Niger as Shea Butter seeds. A further sample of these seeds was received from Messrs Latham & Son 6.4.93. with a note to the effect that they contain 40 % of oil & 8% of water. The oil is a hard oil an, d of about the same consistence as palm kernel very white and bright looking. Label source: This appears to be Mimusops sp ? is possibly Mimusops d'jare J.H.H., Buillonella d'jare Pierre. See monograph of Sapotaceae Engl. illustration in Herbarium. Feb., 24/64. | ||||