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Catalogue Number: 30879

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Plant Name 321.01 DIPTERIDACEAE Phymatodes sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Vernacular Name
Iso Country South Africa TDWG Region South Africa
Parts Held Geography Description Natal
Uses Use: NON-VERTEBRATE POISONS - Unspecified Non-Vertebrates User: Not defined TDWG use NON-VERTEBRATE POISONS - Unspecified Non-Vertebrates
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Notes: Label source: Maka used by Kaffirs at Natal as a perfume to scent their hair. It has the quality of killing or keeping away vermin. It is composed of a fern called zineo and a shrub called umfeyniana.

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