Umviti root - Specimen details

Umviti root - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 77549

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Plant Name 120.01 BIGNONIACEAE Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name Umviti root Vernacular Name
Iso Country South Africa TDWG Region South Africa
Parts Held Umviti root Geography Description Natal
Uses Umviti rootUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes Colonial Exhibition 1886, Natal Court
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: A note accompanying this specimen indicates that it is in the Bignoniaceae family. However, in Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) the Zulu vernacular name Umviti is associated with Eragrostis plana. Card catalogue entry filed under 'Native Name Only - Roots, .'

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