Bay oil - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76721 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Eugenia acris | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Bay oil | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Bay oil | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Bay oilUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Essential Oil Cabinet | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | Schimmel & Co., donated 1893 | ||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The principal constituents of the oil are Pinene, Dipentene, Eugenol, and Methyl Ether of Eugenol. The leaves of the plant are used to make the oil. The botanical name 'Myrcia acris' on the printed label for the bottle has been crossed out, with 'Eugenia, acris' written over top. | ||||
| Determinations: | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Myrcia acris DC. 67.01 MYRTACEAE Eugenia acris | ||||