Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 58231 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Sesbania grandiflora | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 2 C 7 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | India Museum 1880x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: The tree though not a native is now very common in this part of India. Much fissured bark longitudinally, of a greyish brown externally, the dry portion, nearly equal to the living in thickness, in the fissures may be seen numerous small t, ears of gum of a garnet colour when fresh, but soon become almost black. Tuberous layer of the living bark is reddish. The bark and gum are intensely astringent, the former is not bitter. The leaves have an astringent taste, neither bark, gum, or leave, s, appear to be made use of in Bombay, but the juice of the flowers is a popular remedy in nasal catarrh, it is blown up the nostrils, and causes a very copious discharge of fluid. | ||||