Ukulu wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 77103 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Pterocarpus sp. | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Ukulu wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Ukulu wood | Geography Description | East Africa | ||
| Uses | Ukulu woodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Note reads: 'Piece of wood (Ukulu) from which natives make a red powder for dyeing hair and body. Obtained at Fife, Octr, 1897. A.R.' Note from Jodrell Laboratory (1985) reads: Ukulu = Matches reference material of Pterocarpus sp. See 'Useful Plants of W., Trop. Africa' Dalziel, J. M. 1937, p. 256. [Baphia has similar uses but does not match] W/ / /85PG. P. Gossen.' Card catalogue entry indexed under 'Native Name Only - Woods.' | ||||