Leaves and seeds - Specimen details

Leaves and seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 47906

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Plant Name 115.00 SCROPHULARIACEAE Verbascum sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Leaves and seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Iran TDWG Region Iran
Parts Held Leaves and seeds Geography Description Teheran, Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iran, River Laur
Uses Leaves and seedsUse: MATERIALS User: Not defined TDWG use MATERIALS
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Notes: Label source: Grown near River Laur, 40 miles north of Teheran. Used by the natives for intoxicating and catching fish N of Teheran 40 miles and in neighbouring provinces. It is called Lygr koiral ni (?) in Turkish and Dum-Yau in Persian (both meaning ox, tail) the natives bruise the seed and throw it in large quanities into the Laur where it intoxicates the fish which they then take in large quanities on the ...?...

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