Corky Copalche - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46813 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Croton suberosus | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Corky Copalche | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Corky Copalche | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Corky CopalcheUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 1 G 8 | ||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Two letters from the Society of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, Adelphi, London Dated 4 Nov 1855 and 7 Dec 1855 requesting information about the specimen which was thought to be Chincona, which was sent from the colonies (not specified w, hich one) and whether it was deemed to have a commercial value. Also a pamphlet on Copalchi-Bark, A New and Valuable Bitter Analogous to the Cascarilla by James Stark M.D. Edinburgh. Includes information on the bitter principles found within the bark and, its use in medicine. Also a letter by Mr Hanbury to J Eliot Howard - Referring to a pulbication written by Howard as to a substance found within Copalchi bark which is similar to quinine. Refers also to a chemical examination by F Mauch (Wittsteins Vierl, eljah. XVIII 1869 161) which states that the principle is quinine, but from a certain Cinchona bark which Mauch found Copalchi to be always mixed with by about 20%. | ||||