Portion of plant - Specimen details

Portion of plant - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 54325

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Plant Name 79.01 AIZOACEAE Mesembryanthemum tortuosum Entry Book Number 143.1886
Artefact Name Portion of plant Vernacular Name
Iso Country South Africa TDWG Region South Africa
Parts Held Portion of plant Geography Description South Africa
Uses Portion of plantUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
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Donor Dr P MacOwan Donor No
Donor Date 06/10/1886 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: From the Botanic Garden, Cape Town. A masticatory - prepared by Hottentots & Bushmen in Camarron district, prepared in absence of tobacco. Mr Garwood Alston Jr. who sent it, declares that he found it produced incipient intoxication. The fre, sh plant leaves, root, stems, is fermented in a skin - pouch kept warm by contact with the body for some days & is then dried in the sun. Rec'd. Oct 6.1886.

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