Fisava root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 77216 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Fisava root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Singapore | TDWG Region | Singapore | ||
| Parts Held | Fisava root | Geography Description | Straits Settlement | ||
| Uses | Fisava rootUse: 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: | Label reads: 'Fisava - A small woody root, undulated and about the size of a goose quill, with a thin smooth bark, pale brown externally, but dark brown in transverse section. The taste is aromatic and bitter, somewhat resembling that of cardamoms. The me, ditullium is hard and woody, and minutely porous. The Malagasy name signifies ''disperser of mist.'' It is used for headache.' See Pharmaceutical Journal, 23, 4, 1894. Card catalogue entry indexed under 'Native Name Only - Roots.' | ||||