Omina-Meshi - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 52209 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 85.00 VALERIANACEAE Patrinia scabiosaefolia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Omina-Meshi | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Japan | TDWG Region | Japan | ||
| Parts Held | Omina-Meshi | Geography Description | Japan, Yokohama | ||
| Uses | Omina-MeshiUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Chantre C | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1877 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: So Mokou Zoussetz, vol ii, p 21, Womina mesi, Jama njan kusoo, Uro amisi, oro ami, Fr. et Sav. vol i, p 216. This root was not presented with the others but was offered in the London market under the name of kesso and was imported from Japa, n, as a product of that country it seems to demand notice here. The root resembles that of Valeriana officinalis in general appearance and odour, but differs in the central portion to which the rootlets are attached, being very small and short, rarely ex, ceeding one third of an inch in diam. The rootlets form a compact tuft from two to three inches long, are of a dark brown colour, and have a slightly scaly surface, by which and by the colour they are easily distinguished from valerian root. The odour o, f the root is even more powerful than that of Valerian officinalis. The taste is bitter and aromatic. It grows in stony mountainous places and blossoms in July. | ||||