Rhizomes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29426 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Curcuma sp | Entry Book Number | 129.1907 | |
| Artefact Name | Rhizomes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Rhizomes | Geography Description | Transvaal, South Africa, North East Zoutpansberg, Southern Africa, Africa | ||
| Uses | RhizomesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Burtt-Davy J | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Letter from Burtt-Davy Transvaal received at Kew 18th Nov. 1907 Sherungulu. 549/1907 Garden number on above letter noted Mr Hillier 19.XI.13. 129/1907 'Sherungulu' tubers (Kaempferia sp) From the N.E. portion of the Zoutpansberg highly pri, zed by the natives for medical purposes: see letter 385, 1907 J.B. Davy to Director.and Trans. Agric. Journ IX.Oct.1910, pp 45-46. J.H.H. 14.XI.1913. Kaempferia sp.? No herbarium specimens received with these roots, but leaves and flowers of Sherungulu re, ceived 21st March 1905 = Kaempferia etheleae Medly Wood. Curcuma aeruginosa refers one to the Cambridge specimen so far as at present known. CHW 17.11.13. | ||||