Gum - Specimen details

Gum - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 64253

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Plant Name 42.00 BURSERACEAE Boswellia serrata Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Gum Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Gum Geography Description India
Uses GumUse: MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 33 D 6
Donor Date Donor Notes Brit Emp Exhib (Indian Pavilion) Date: 00/00/1924x0Dx0APaul BK & Cox0Dx0A
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Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: (43) Boswellia serrata; Indian Olibanum - the gum is refrigerant, diuretic, emmenagogue and ecbolic, and is useful in doses of 5-40 grs. in amenorroea, dysmenorrhoea, gonorrhoea, ringworm and apthae. There is a good deal of use of the gum-r, esin as an incense in religious ceremonies.

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