Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49255 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Calotropis gigantea | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Portugal | TDWG Region | Portugal | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | Madeira, Africa, Macronesia | ||
| Uses | RootUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 45 B 3 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Pereira Dr Collection No: 395x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Calotropis or Mudar (1,4). The root bark of Calotropis procera, R. Brown, and of C. gigantea, R. Brown, freed from the outer corky layer. Bitter, tonic, emetic. Contains an acid resin, a crystalline body named madaralban. | ||||