Gutta - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 43936 | |||||
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Plant Name | 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia antiquorum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Gutta | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Gutta | Geography Description | India, Tenasserim | ||
| Uses | Gutta Use: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Museum | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter from Allahabad, 13 July 73. To Dr Forbes Watson, India Mus. Sir, I have to pleasure to forward a parcel containing a sample of vegetable wax obtained from the milky juice of the Euphorbia pentagona, I think. This plant grows fr, eely in all the lower hills below Simla, and at present as far as I can learn is brought to no use other than growing it as a hedge in the plains. The milk is thought poisonous by the natives. What is its value for trade purposes? I imagine it might be, mixed with India rubber, in its vulcanised state for domestic use. I have waterproofed paper with it, and perhaps cloth might be rendered the same. Rest of letter is difficult to read. | ||||