Seed - Specimen details

Seed - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73536

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Plant Name 34.06 HUACEAE Afrostyrax kamerunensis Entry Book Number 37.1995.1
Artefact Name Seed Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cameroon TDWG Region Cameroon
Parts Held Seed Geography Description Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe
Uses SeedUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
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Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Rumball N, Enanga M Collector No 12
Collection Notes Collection Date 11/10/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Purchased on Limbe market spice stall. The seed and bark are used as a spice and medicinally. They store well and are available throughout the year and throughout S Cameroon. There are plans to organise cultivation of this or Afrostyrax lepidophyllus (, country onion) in Limbe (Genetic conservation project)

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