'Soluble Root' Persian - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36762 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.21 ASPHODELACEAE Asphodelus sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | 'Soluble Root' Persian | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | 'Soluble Root' Persian | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | 'Soluble Root' PersianUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Battin Horace & Co Ltd, London | Donor No | 1603 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/03/1933 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Soluble root No 1603, I have now compared 'Soluble root' with a species of Asphodelus from the gardens, and discussed the matter with Mr Summerhayes. As a result of this I think Mr Burkill's suggestion of Asphodelus is probably correct. The, diagram in Greenish's article is very misleading and I think it must have been made from old dry material C.R.M. 2.3.33 No 163.33, 4th March 1933 reply ' the root appears to be that of a deliaceous plant probably a species of Asphodelus. certain specieso, f this genus are known to yield a muscilage or gum from the root and it is probable that the name 'Soluble Root' has been given for this reason (see copy in Liliaceae) JHH | ||||