Fruit - Specimen details

Fruit - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 40061

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Geoffroea decorticans Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fruit Vernacular Name
Iso Country Chile TDWG Region Chile
Parts Held Fruit Geography Description Chile, San Pedro de Atacama
Uses FruitUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Wickens GE Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 07/03/1988
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: A dark treacle-like syrup (Arope) prepared from the fruit. Fruits first warmed slightly. 5kg fruit boiled in 10 litre water until water reduced by half, stir and mash and allow to settle before decanting syrup. Dry fruit stored and fed to p, igs.

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