Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 55084

Plant Name 99.01 LECYTHIDACEAE Lecythis sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Bark Geography Description Brazil, Para
Uses BarkUse: SOCIAL USES - Smoking Materials/Drugs User: Man TDWG use SOCIAL USES - Smoking Materials/Drugs
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Spruce, Richard Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Spruce, Richard Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p36: Use of thin layers of bark under name TauarĂ­ seems to have sprung up on the Amazon. As Indian names refer chiefly to properties; the same, tree may have 2 or more names. Thus every Pao d'Arco is also a TauarĂ­, but some TauarĂ­ are also Carlanka- Sapucayu.

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