Fruit - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29287 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 169.00 ORCHIDACEAE Vanilla pompona | Entry Book Number | 70.1895 | |
| Artefact Name | Fruit | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Fruit | Geography Description | Trinidad Botanic Gardens | ||
| Uses | FruitUse: FOOD ADDITIVES User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD ADDITIVES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hart JH | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 30/05/1895 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Sample of Martinique vanilla. These are sold at times in our markets, March and April. Guadeloupe and Martinique vanilla, This is prepared in a greasy manner and is tied together with thread. The pods ?? that it cannot be the produce of V., planifolia but from the form taken on by our own produce, I should judge it to be produced by V. grandifolia Rehl. The pod is a mealy one and very sweet and is used locally plain and where steeped in rum for flavourings ices puddings etc. These are identi, cal with Vanillons from..??? | ||||