Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36932 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 174.07 SMILACACEAE Smilax sp | Entry Book Number | 87.1898 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Singapore | TDWG Region | Singapore | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | Singapore | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Ridley HN | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Sarsaparilla roots from the Smilax sent out by Kew some years ago. Can you tell me if they are of use as Sarsaparilla or if they are no good. Signed HN Ridley, Singapore. Report from Messrs Lewis & Peat dated June 14 1898. 'We have carefull, y examined the root from Singapore ??? ??? ?? of the trading druggist who thinks it is a species of Sarsaparilla but ?? ?? having no flesh upon to be of any commercial value'. | ||||