Castor Oil Seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 44579 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinus communis | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Castor Oil Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Castor Oil Seeds | Geography Description | Mankota, Near Entebbe | ||
| Uses | Castor Oil SeedsUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: See letter 581.1910, R Fythe Entebbe Uganda to Director 11th Oct 1910 Kew 5th Nov 1910. 9 packets - 1. R.communis, Cent. Afr. Dr Kirk 1862; 2 Ordinary large, R.commun is var megalosperma; 3 cf. R.communis var megalosperma, Gambia 102.1890, S Carter; 4 Large long whitish, nothing in Museum to compare; 5 Ordinary large R.communis var megalosperma; 6 R.communis var africanus, ordinary medium cf. Mozambique, Capt Elton 1880; 7 R.communis var africana, ordinary; 8 Large red, nothing in Muse, um to compare; 9 Large nothing unlike (?) Cent. Afr. Dr Kirk. No 2,3 & 5 var megalosperma No 2, 6 & 7 var africana ? Nine varieties of Castor oilseeds collected in Mankola some distance from Entebbe for name if the seed germinate. A quanity of seeds had, e been sent to Imp Inst for report. | ||||