Scale - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30754 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 301.00 MARATTIACEAE Marattia fraxinea | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Scale | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Scale | Geography Description | New Zealand | ||
| Uses | ScaleUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The rootstock of this fern is used by the Maoris as an article of food. The rhizome or rootstock of the New Zealand species is composed of irregular agglomerated mass of thick fleshy scales, each scale being formed by the enlargment of a st, ipe base, the stipe separating by an articulation above the swelling after the frond has performed its functions. Linn. Jour. XVI p.2 JHH 15.6.06. | ||||