Fibre - prepared by retting & scraping - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65872 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Wissadula rostrata | Entry Book Number | 123.1889 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre - prepared by retting & scraping | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre - prepared by retting & scraping | Geography Description | Trinidad | ||
| Uses | Fibre - prepared by retting & scrapingUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hart JH | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/10/1889 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Daated 19th Oct 1889. The following report was made by Ide & Christie on this fibre. The sample prepared by retting is in every way, except colour, superior to that prepared by scraping. Samples of fibre from stems of about 5 months growt, h in ordinary soil in the Trinidad Garden. The plant is more prolific than ramie - longer and produced more fibre | ||||
| Determinations: | 31.01 MALVACEAE Wissadula rostrata Planch. 31.01 MALVACEAE Abutilon peuplocifolium | ||||