Herb - Specimen details

Herb - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 64455

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Plant Name 37.00 ZYGOPHYLLACEAE Fagonia cretica Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Herb Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Herb Geography Description India
Uses HerbUse: MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 15 F 3
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Notes: Label source: The whole plant is commonly kept in the shops it is suffrutescent, much branched with opposite two stipuled leaves; the stipules are often thorny, leaflets linear cuspidate ; the wood of the stem is white and very hard, covered by a ragged, light brown bark, which becomes slimy and mucilaginous when moistened. Dumaso has no particular taste; it is used to prepare a cooling wash for the mouth.

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