Models of various potatoes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 48542 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 114.01 SOLANACEAE Solanum tuberosum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Models of various potatoes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Models of various potatoes | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Models of various potatoesUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The potato belongs to the nightshade order which includes many poisonous plants. The only edible part of the plant are the tubers which are enlargements of the underground stem. The potato, next to cereals, form our most imortant vegetable, food. Varieties - Red King, Immune Ashleaf, Great Scot, British Queen, Sharp's Express, Arran Banner, Eclipse, Sutton's Flourball, Sutton's Epicure and Up To Date. Models from exhibit in Museum 1 RBG Kew dismantled 1989 | ||||