Wood and leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 62381 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 51.01 SAPINDACEAE Paullinia leiocarpa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood and leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Wood and leaves | Geography Description | Trinidad | ||
| Uses | Wood and leavesUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Man | TDWG use | VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Conservator of Forests | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1930 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: 'Vine known in Trinidad as Balbac and used as a fish poison. The method of employing it is to cut a number of pieces of the stem, say about 1 inch long, macerate the bark by bruising it and simply put the pieces into the water. After a time, the fish come to the surface and can easily be caught. The water turns black but the fish are edible'. (extracted from letter from RC Marshall; Conservator of Forests Trinidad of 24.11.30) | ||||