Stems ? - Specimen details

Stems ? - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 62449

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Plant Name 51.01 SAPINDACEAE Serjania sp Entry Book Number 33.1983.29
Artefact Name Stems ? Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Stems ? Geography Description
Uses Stems ?Use: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish
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Notes: Label source: No 26 root used to poison fish in water. The root is moistened and beaten then washed in the water in still water. This quanity is sufficient to kill a pound of fish. Timbo is the Indian name of wood from which is procured the celebrated in, toxicating posion used by the Indian fishermen. It is one of the innumerable rope plants with which the tropical forest abounds. Specimens of wood and root from both of which the poison is procured. E Hallow

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