Portion of stem - Specimen details

Portion of stem - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 49490

Plant Name 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Adenium obesum Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Portion of stem Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Portion of stem Geography Description Zambesi, Shire Valley
Uses Portion of stemUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS
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Donor Livingstone Expedition Donor No 52
Donor Date 00/00/1860 Donor Notes
Collector Kirk Sir J Collector No 52
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1859
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: The stem is powdered and kept in hollow reeds. When required it is mixed with gall and other substances, and applied to the arrows. Label source: Plant used by the Manganja's Shire Valley, to poison their arrows. Jan'y 1859 Zambesi Expedit, ion. When they kill certain kinds of serpents they mix the gall & this powder & perhaps other substances and apply it to the arrow head below the barb. When an animal is killed with it almost half of the flesh is destroyed.

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