Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 61367

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Tephrosia vogelii Entry Book Number 27.1907
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Zambia TDWG Region Zambia
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description Barotseland
Uses SeedsUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Not defined TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish
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Donor Cockerell FP Donor No
Donor Date 03/03/1907 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: See letter 79.1907 Small grey bean - native name Kambeti Habitat - Moist ground on edges of Barotse valley, rich loam. Average size of bush 8 to 10 inches high, spreading in clumps from 18' above ground. Delicate bunches of white bean likef, lowers and grey green foliage. The natives use a paste of the leaves to strew in the pools of the Zambesi, where it apparently intoxicates the fish: I have seen great hauls of fish thus obtained. A decoction of the pods (green), bark and leaves is used by, the women as an abortive; also for dogs and goats with the itch and similar skin diseases.

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