Flowering tops - Specimen details

Flowering tops - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 51301

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Achillea santolina Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Flowering tops Vernacular Name
Iso Country Iran TDWG Region Iran
Parts Held Flowering tops Geography Description Iran, Western Asia, Asia Temperate
Uses Flowering topsUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Cowan Dr JM Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1930 Donor Notes
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Notes: Label source: K.B. 1931 p.302 Ait. mss; I.H.B.; Schl.; Boiss.ii.266; Ph. Ind. ii 272 The dried herb with flower heads sold in Teheran is collected about Senneh and the surrounding hills (C). The plant is widely distributed in the East and in Northern Af, rica. The flowers are arranged in corymbs. The heads are 5mm high and 3mm in diameter, the tubular flowers are yellow, and the involucres are covered with grey tomentose scales. They have a pleasant aroma. The flowering heads are used as a tonic and carmi, native in Persia and Sind. The strong odour of the herb drives away fleas and other noxious insects. In Baluchistan the drug is given to children for colic. Dymock says the common yarrow (A.millefoliata Grec.) growing in India, goes by the same name and h, as similar properties. Previous geog.origin - Persia

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