Fruits and seeds - Specimen details

Fruits and seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73083

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Piptadenia rigida Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fruits and seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Paraguay TDWG Region Paraguay
Parts Held Fruits and seeds Geography Description Paraguay, Southern America, Southern South America, San Bernardino, Lake Ypacarai
Uses Fruits and seedsUse: MEDICINES User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Sandwith NY Donor No H143/64
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Woolston AL Collector No 1369
Collection Notes Collection Date 25/06/1961
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Tree, 15-20m, straight, dark greyish-brown and longitudinal furrows and reticulate cracks. Decoction of bark said to have been used by Chaco Indians as a narcotic to carry out trephanations. Shore of Lake Ypacarai, San Bernardino. NY Sandwith, from Para, guay presented for purchasing from AL Woolston, Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.

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