Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49261 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Calotropis procera | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Ethiopia | TDWG Region | Ethiopia | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | Ethiopia, Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Eritrea | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Wigglesworth A & Co London | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 13/01/1919 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Ghindei. Note to Sir David Prain, RBG Kew: 'I am sending a small sample of a very soft silk floss which has been sent to me from Italy, produced in Eritrea where they call it 'Ghandei'. In appearance it is like Kapoc, but is more glossy. I, should be glad if you can identify it' (Extract from letter 14, 1919:XII. p.184 A Wigglesworth 82, Fenchurch St London E.C. to Director 15 Jan 1919. A tube containing a few seeds. | ||||