- Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 51389 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Baccharis microphylla | Entry Book Number | 65.1922 | |
| Artefact Name | Vernacular Name | ||||
| Iso Country | Colombia | TDWG Region | Colombia | ||
| Parts Held | Geography Description | Colombia | |||
| Uses | Use: FOOD User: Not defined | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spooner H | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: B.microphylla H.B.K. = Dawe 107 H Spooner The Imperial Institute South Ken The natives of the Paramos (Colombia) make an infusion or tea from the leaves which they employ as a tonic (Extract from letter MT Dawe (at Sierra Leone) to Director, , letter dated Oct 16th 1922. See letter 578, 1922 : XV p.15 The preliminary examination of the plant made here (Wellcome Research Lab) does not indicate that it contains any substance showing marked physiological activity (Extract from letter Mr TA Henry, to Director dated 13th Nov 1922)x0Dx0ANew determination (2019): B.tricuneata Pers. | ||||
| Determinations: | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Baccharis microphylla H.B.K. 88.00 COMPOSITAE Baccharis tricuneata Pers. | ||||