Bark and leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64476 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 35.00 HUMIRIACEAE Sacoglottis gabonensis | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark and leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
| Parts Held | Bark and leaves | Geography Description | Cameroons | ||
| Uses | Bark and leavesUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Imperial Institute | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/05/1931 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter from Director of Imp Inst, dated 7th May, 1931, M327.31. Dear sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 5th inst (T563) relating to a specimen of bark from the Cameroons for identification. Further comparison of the, few leaves and twigs that accompanied the bark suggest that the species is quite probably Saccoglottis gabonensis Urban, a species of fairly wide distribution in W Africa. The following record of the use of the bark by W African natives is of interest a, nd confirms the info given in your letter of April 28th (T563). The bark is bitter and is sold in strips on rolls for the purpose of adding it to palm wine or to gin to render them bitter or as a preventative of fever. Should you be able to procure more, complete herb material from yur correspondent as mentioned in your letter of May 5th, it should be poss deifinitely to establish the identity of the species. Specimen of wood and bark of S gabonensis received from Imp Inst 7th Sept 1931. See Spec of w, ood from Cameroons Comm Imp Inst 7/9/31. Letter 2 - From SE Chandler to Director. dated 28th April, 1931. Dear sir, I am sending to you under separate cover samples of bark and leaves from a tree growing in the Cameroons. The appearence of the bark woul, d seem to suggest a mangrove, but the trees are stated to grow on high stony ground in the forest slightly in the interior, not the coastal mangrove belt. The bark is understood to have been shipped in fairly large quantities by the Germans before the wa, r, poss as a source of tannin, and it is now much sought after by the natives who transport it to Calabar for sale. The natives are also stated to use it for flavouring their palm wine. I shall be much obliged if you can identify the tree from the speci, mens sent to you. | ||||