Seeds and kernels - Specimen details

Seeds and kernels - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73535

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Plant Name 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Citrullus lanatus Entry Book Number 37.1995.1
Artefact Name Seeds and kernels Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cameroon TDWG Region Cameroon
Parts Held Seeds and kernels Geography Description Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe
Uses Seeds and kernelsUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Rumball N, Enenga M Collector No 11
Collection Notes Collection Date 11/10/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Purchased on Limbe market. These seeds are sold hulled and dehulled. Some women buy them with seed coat and sell them after peeling them for a higher price. They are used in a fish soup called Agoussi as a thickener and flavouring.

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