Seeds of Castor Oil - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 44518 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinus communis | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Seeds of Castor Oil | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Congo | TDWG Region | Congo | ||
| Parts Held | Seeds of Castor Oil | Geography Description | Congo | ||
| Uses | Seeds of Castor OilUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Marshall & French | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/06/1920 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Letter 253. 1920: xiii p.174 Letter dated June 6th 1920 Messrs Marshall & French, acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 2nd instant and in reply to say that the oil-beans from the Congo submitted for identification are those of sev, eral varieties of R.communis, the plant yielding the Castor Oil of Commerce. Some particulars of 'Castor Seed' from Africa, that may be of interest, are given in Colonial Report, Miscellaneous Series, No 88, 1914 p.504 (may be obtained through any booksel, ler or directly from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway W.C. price 8 1/2d. | ||||