Fruits and seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 35711 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 49.01 RHAMNACEAE Ziziphus spina-christi | Entry Book Number | 22.1995 | |
| Artefact Name | Fruits and seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Ethiopia | TDWG Region | Ethiopia | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits and seeds | Geography Description | Ethiopia, Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa | ||
| Uses | Fruits and seedsUse: MATERIALS - Lipids User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Lipids | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | TWIN Ltd (Development Through Trade) | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 08/06/1995 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Bag of seeds and bag of fruits - From Pauline Tiffen, TWIN Ltd, London EC2A 2BH. Investigating fruits / seeds uses. Want to know if these seeds can be used to make oil for cosmetics. Reply from Frances Cook (enclosed) stresses primary use as food source, especially during lean years, and danger of diminishing the availability by use for other purposes.Possibly Z spina-christi | ||||
| Determinations: | 49.01 RHAMNACEAE Ziziphus spina-christi 187.00 PALMAE Socratea exorrhiza Wendl. | ||||