Raffia seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36153 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Raphia sp | Entry Book Number | 55.1895 | |
| Artefact Name | Raffia seed | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Raffia seed | Geography Description | British Colonial Africa | ||
| Uses | Raffia seedUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Bowhill JO | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: British Central Office. Seed of a species of Raffia in which the albumen has been eaten or decayed, leaving the rumination projecting into the interior Collectorate, Ishikwawa, British Colonial Africa. 18/2/1895. Sir, I beg to send you by t, his mail a specimen of what appears to be the work of ants in couresting ? the fruit of a common creeper into clay. It has the appearance of a pelsified specimen but this is not possible here. I think the only solution is the one given. Hoping it may pro, ve a curiosity for your museum. I am Sir yours faithfully yours Mr Bowhill. | ||||