Leaves and twigs - Specimen details

Leaves and twigs - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 63672

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Plant Name 39.01 RUTACEAE Agathosma villosa Entry Book Number 15.1908
Artefact Name Leaves and twigs Vernacular Name
Iso Country South Africa TDWG Region South Africa
Parts Held Leaves and twigs Geography Description South Africa
Uses Leaves and twigsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor London Drug Market Donor No
Donor Date 30/01/1908 Donor Notes Bowyer & Bartleet 147 Fenchurch St E.C.x0Dx0A
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Aniseed Buchu. Under this name a bag of leaves weighing 12lbs was included in the last drug auction. They appear from examination to be the leaves of Agathosma villosa (Rutaceae) & are not known to be of any economic value. Agathosma virgat, a, a native of mountain slopes in Cape Colony , is used in the treatment of pulmonary complaints, & is known as Bok Buchu. JMST in Chemist & Druggist 8.2.08.p.240.

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