Rubber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42984 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Castilla elastica | Entry Book Number | 123.1897 | |
| Artefact Name | Rubber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Rubber | Geography Description | South India, Nilgiris | ||
| Uses | RubberUse: MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haddon J & Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Letter from Walter Haddon to Director RBG Kew, Dear Sir, As requested in your letter dated 3th inst we send you herewith the sample of Castilloa Rubber. It is of West Coast Africa description, dark rough ball, and is worth about 1/9 per lb., We return you herewith Mr LW Grey's letter. Yours faithfully John Ataddorth. (?) Letter from LW Grey To Dr Morris Kew Gardens (letter difficult to read) | ||||