Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 43869

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Plant Name 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Colliguaja odorifera Entry Book Number
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Iso Country Chile TDWG Region Chile
Parts Held Bark Geography Description Chile
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Notes: Label source: Bark of the Colliguaja (described in Hookers Bot. Miscellany Vol. 1 138 p. ? This specimen is from Chili - is said to lather in water like soap, & to be much used by the ladies of Chili to give a fine polish to their hair - if any of the li, quid should happen to enter the eye it causes most violent pain and inflammation - even to a more severe degree than common soap. Mr Robinson thinks this bark is probably C odorifera (not Quillaia) known as Colliguaja. J.H.H. 16.vi.32. Submitted to Mr Met, calfe but no specimen for comparison.

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