Olive oil soap - Specimen details

Olive oil soap - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99487

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Plant Name 104.00 OLEACEAE Olea europaea Entry Book Number 12.2016
Artefact Name Olive oil soap Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Olive oil soap Geography Description
Uses Olive oil soapUse: User: Man TDWG use
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Donor Date 00/00/1997 Donor Notes
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Notes: Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. Exhibition catalogue: The cultivation of olive trees around the Mediterranean dates back to the Bronze Age. Oil pressed from the fruits has been used for cooking and lighting and, later, , for soap manufacture.

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