Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 40817 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 1.01 RANUNCULACEAE Anemone cernua | Entry Book Number | 107.1883 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Japan | TDWG Region | Japan | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | Japan, Hiogo | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Woolley WA | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Syn. Neo bana, Fr. et Sav. vol i. p. 4, Phonzou Zoulou, vol. vi. fol. 23. Oina, Shaguma Faiko, So mokou Zoussetz, Ollina gusa, Rhunb. Fl. Jap, Kawara saiko, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. This is an unbranched cylindrical hard and ?, three to five, ins. long, or more, about the size of a goose quill, coarsely furrowed longitudinally, and crowned with the silky bases of the ? The transverse section is brown and horny - a small central cavity lined with white fibres; this cavity appears to run throu, gh nearly the whole length of the root. The taste is sweet and slightly acrid. it probably possesses similar properties to the commmon Anemone pulsatilla, to which plant it is nearly allied. The Japanese name literally translated means white headed oldm, an, and is probably given in allusion to the white silky appearance of the tufts of young leaves. The Chinese name is Hak-too-woo. The plant Anemone pulsatilla, grows in Japan on dry hilly places at an altitude of 500 to 2000 ft, and flowers in March or, April. It is said to be used as a bitter medicine in China and Japan. | ||||