Palm oil soap - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99488 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Elaeis guineensis | Entry Book Number | 12.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Palm oil soap | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Palm oil soap | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Palm oil soapUse: User: Man | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | The Body Shop | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1997 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. Exhibition catalogue: Oil palm fruits contribute palm oil, from the fruit pulp, and palm kernel oil from the seeds. The oils were initially used for soaps and candles, but in the twentie, th century became a major constituent of margarines. | ||||