Root Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49466 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 107.00 ASCLEPIADACEAE Calotropis gigantea | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Root Bark | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Root BarkUse: FOOD ADDITIVES User: Not defined | TDWG use | FOOD ADDITIVES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 1 C 3 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Calotropis or Mudar (1, 4) - The root bark of C.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, a viscid substance named madarf, luavil, and caoutchouc. Dose, in ....(missing) 3 to 12 grains as a tonic; 30 to 60 grains as an emetic. | ||||