Bark (Two samples) - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 53791 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 84.01 RUBIACEAE Pausinystalia johimba | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark (Two samples) | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Bark (Two samples) | Geography Description | West Africa | ||
| Uses | Bark (Two samples)Use: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Imperial Institute | Donor No | 3904/19 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Two samples of bark from W Africa, 1 & 2, no 3904/19. Imp Inst. The species agree in structure with the bark of Corynanthe johimbe K Schum. Both may belong to the same sp or an allied sp. Letter 308.1919.xiii p 63. Opuscular source: Lett, er dated August 28th.1919. Acknowledge receipt of his letter of 25th inst. and in reply say that the two samples of bark nos 3904, 1 & 2 from W Africa, submitted for identification, appear to belong to a sp of Pausinystalia. They closely resemble the bar, k of P johimba Beille (Corynanthe johimba K. Sch) the Yohimbe of the Cameroons or Endun of the French Congo. | ||||