Fruits and leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49383 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Xysmalobium undulatum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruits and leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits and leaves | Geography Description | Cape Province, Africa, Southern Africa, Maclear | ||
| Uses | Fruits and leavesUse: MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Carrol HH | Donor No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter from director to HH Carroll, the Granary, Maclear, EP South Africa, Feb 12, 1927. Dear sir, I am in receipt of your letter of 18.01, accompanied by plant. It has a wide distribution throughout S Africa, commonly known as Bitter, hout or Bitterworte. The woody rootstocks are said to have been used medicinally by early settlers. | ||||