Fruits - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47907 | |||||
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Plant Name | 45.03 ICACINACEAE Poraqueiba sericea | Entry Book Number | 49.1851 | |
| Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, Barra de Rio Negro | ||
| Uses | FruitsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 82 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1851 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p17.: The kernel of this fruit is eaten, having been first steeped in water, till it softens, it is broken up by hand into paste, made into a s, ort of cake and baked like mandiocca. In this stage it acquires a reddish tint and its consistency is that of sodden dumpling. It has a strong perceptible taste which I can only liken to that of weak claret. | ||||