Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47893 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 115.00 SCROPHULARIACEAE Picrorhiza kurrooa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Weiss S & Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1928 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Sample is apparently root stock. Info might be obtained from the Pharm Socas to whether the plant is employed in this country as a drug. LaB 2.7.28 Opuscular source: Letter to Samuel Weiss & Co, 27 Mincing Lane. (No 631) July 5th 1928,, Dear Sirs, Apparently this is root stock of P kurroa Royle, an Indian herb common in the Himalayas in altitudes from 9000 to 15000 ft. It is sold in bazaars in parts of India for medicinal purposes. | ||||