Bayahonde Gum - Specimen details

Bayahonde Gum - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 68845

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Plant Name 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN Entry Book Number 25.1913
Artefact Name Bayahonde Gum Vernacular Name
Iso Country Haiti TDWG Region Haiti
Parts Held Bayahonde Gum Geography Description Hayti
Uses Bayahonde GumUse: MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders
Storage Miscellaneous Related Items
Donor Board of Trade Donor No
Donor Date 27/03/1913 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Opuscular source: 'Bayahonde' gum (of a native tree) of which large quantities exist throughout Hayti, and which may prove to be of commercial value. The gum is used medicinally by the natives who suck it to relieve pains in the chest, it also makes a go, od adhesive. Board of Trade Journ. 27.3.13 p.737. Sample obtained from Board of Trade 2.4.13 JMST.

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