Rhizome - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31202 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 327.00 ASPLENIACEAE Drynaria quercifolia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Rhizome | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Rhizome | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | RhizomeUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 26 B 7 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Dymock Drx0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Local names, Kadic Pan and Kali Pandan. A parasitic fern found upon the roots of trees, and widely distributed. The part used medicinally is the rhizome to which are attached the bases of the fronds, and numerous thick radicles, all of a, black colour; the rhizome is about as thick as the little finger; when broken across it is seen to consist of a black parenchyme in which are several bundles of vessels of a lighter colour. These can be separated from the canals in which they are situate, d without much trouble, when the rhizome is fresh. Under the microscope the cell walls of the parenchyme appear of a dark brown colour, and the vascular bundles are seen to consist of large scalariform vessels. When at Goa a short time ago, I found this, drug in all the shops, and was informed that it is considered a valuable alternative in cases of prolonged malarious fever; it has an astringent and slightly bitter taste. It does not appear to be known as a medicine in Bombay. | ||||