Seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31945 | |||||
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Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Eleusine | Entry Book Number | 158.1860.9 | |
| Artefact Name | Seed | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Zambia | TDWG Region | Zambia | ||
| Parts Held | Seed | Geography Description | Zambia, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zambesi | ||
| Uses | SeedUse: MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dr Livingstone's Expedition | Donor No | 146 | ||
| Donor Date | 19/10/1860 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Kirk Dr | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/12/1859 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: A grain reaped in June cultivated in the damper localities on Islands and on the banks of the Zambesi, not extending beyond Senna. Astringent and therefore cannot be used continuously. Very nutritious. Contains much gluten. (Reaped in Jun, e 1859). Shupanga Dec 1859. | ||||