Heg Fibres - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37326 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.06 DRACAENACEAE Sansevieria ehrenbergii | Entry Book Number | 18.1986.1 | |
| Artefact Name | Heg Fibres | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Somalia | TDWG Region | Somalia | ||
| Parts Held | Heg Fibres | Geography Description | Somalia, 14 Km NE of Las Dureh | ||
| Uses | Heg FibresUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Aronson J, Ikar MA, Linington S, Wedderburn RJ, Wickens GE | Collector No | 26 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 17/10/1983 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: IBPGR-Kew seed collecting expedition to Somalia Habitat Limestone plain, shallow sandy soil, thin Acacia scrub. Description etc. Erect succulent to 1m. Flowering, stem slightly shorter than leaves. Inflorescence to 1m. Flowers cream. Leaves, placed in hole, fire lit above, then burned in sand for 10 days, soaked in water fibres extracted, washed in water and woven into strong string or rope. | ||||