Woody Seed Pods - Specimen details

Woody Seed Pods - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 59128

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Pentaclethra macrophylla Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Woody Seed Pods Vernacular Name
Iso Country Niger TDWG Region Niger
Parts Held Woody Seed Pods Geography Description Niger
Uses Woody Seed PodsUse: User: Man TDWG use
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Notes: Label source: Woody seed pods of a handsome forest tree. The large seeds are eatable and are collected by the Fernandians as food at the seasons of their falling. Known in the Ibo country as Opachals, in Gabon as Owala. These seeds also yield an oil rese, mbling Oil of Ben.

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