Fruits - Specimen details

Fruits - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 55014

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Plant Name 68.00 MELASTOMATACEAE Mouriria rhizophoraefolia Entry Book Number 55.1896
Artefact Name Fruits Vernacular Name
Iso Country Saint Vincent and The Grenadines TDWG Region Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Parts Held Fruits Geography Description St. Vincent, Botanic Garden
Uses FruitsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Spirit Related Items
Donor Powell H Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: At St Vincent the plant is only found cultivated in the Botanic Garden having been introduced from Martinique where the fruit is reguarly sold in the market at St Vincent no value is put upon it owing to the very small quanity of sweet part, s which tenaciously adheres to the seeds. The outer portion of the fruit has a bad taste. Kew Miscellany 1 p.112 T.30

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