Cotton like substance developed on roots - Specimen details

Cotton like substance developed on roots - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 63821

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Plant Name 39.01 RUTACEAE Fagara integrifolia Entry Book Number 60.1924
Artefact Name Cotton like substance developed on roots Vernacular Name
Iso Country Taiwan TDWG Region Taiwan
Parts Held Cotton like substance developed on roots Geography Description Formosa, Botel Tobago
Uses Cotton like substance developed on rootsUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
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Notes: Label source: Cotton like substance developed naturally on roots and used for caulking boats, and as a stuffing. Botel-tobago Island (Kotsoho) about 36 miles east from the Southern part of Formosa soo 'On the root cotton, a fibrous cork tissue by S Kusan, o' Tokio Dec. 1911. According to Merrill the tree is common in the Philippine Islands extending from Mindoro Island to Batan Island in the Batanes group, the most northern part of the Philippines and very near to Botel. The most remarkable qualities by wh, ich the root cotton may be distinguished from other vegetable fibres, are ins unwettablity and less hygroscopy. This peculiar cotton has long been familiar to some of the natives and is used by them for certain purposes. The natives of Botel tobago use i, t largely in boat building as a substance to caulk the seams. In Mindoro Island it is used for stuffing pillows. Notes extracted from On the Root Cotton, a Fibrous Cork Tissue by S Kusano. Journ of the College of Agriculture, Imp Univ of Tokyo Vol IV N, o 1. 1911.

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