Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42182 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 160.00 SALICACEAE Salix tetrasperma | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 4 E 3 | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: The bark of this tree is noticed in the 'Pharmacopoeia of India'; it is a thick red bark, very light and corky, deeply fissured longitudinally and cracked transversely on the outer surface; microscopic sections show that the greater portion, of the bark consists of a corky parenchyme, much charged with red colouring matter. Walloonj bark is insipid and stains the saliva red; it is pobably quite inert. | ||||