Herb - Specimen details

Herb - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 51960

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Eupatorium triplinerve Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Herb Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Herb Geography Description India, Bombay
Uses HerbUse: MEDICINES User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 13 D 6
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Notes: Label source: A small shrubby plant, 5 - 6 ft high; branches straight, reddish, with a few simple scattered hairs; young shoots have a somewhat mealy appearance, due to the presence of small particles of a white balsamic exudation, leaves opposite, in p, airs, their bases uniting round the stem, about 4 ins long and 3/4 in broad, fleshy, smooth, lanceolate, attenuated at the base; midrib thick and reddish; flowers bluish. The odour of the plant is aromatic, somewhat like ivy, but more agreeable, the tas, te also reminds one of that plant. Ayapana is cultivated in some of the Bombay gardens. Its medicinal properties are mentioned in the Pharmacopoeia of India.

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