Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73654 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 27.01 GUTTIFERAE | Entry Book Number | 98.1913 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Liberia | TDWG Region | Liberia | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | Liberia, Africa, West Tropical Africa | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Taylor & Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1913 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Said to be employed by whites and natives on the Coast as follows - The custom is to pour good rum or whisky over the root and it soon becomes a valuable bitter tonic being used for several complaints. See letter 624.1913 | ||||