Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 60748

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Mucuna kraetkei Entry Book Number 41.1924
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description New Guinea
Uses SeedsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Notes: Opuscular source: Letter 397. 1925, xvi p147. A handsome liane as yet little known to Bot Gard. The seeds were obtained from New Guinea where the plant ascends tall trees some 50 or 60 ft high. It flowers here in December. The flowers appearing on th, e stem from to summit right down to the base. The plant is usually found growing near water. (Extract of letter from R Bryce, Director of Agric, Robaul, New Guinea, Aug 28th 1925.

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