Indian Hemp Fibre - Specimen details

Indian Hemp Fibre - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 49542

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Plant Name 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Apocynum cannabinum Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Indian Hemp Fibre Vernacular Name
Iso Country United States TDWG Region United States
Parts Held Indian Hemp Fibre Geography Description United States America, Ohio, Loraine
Uses Indian Hemp FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
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Donor United States Dept Agric Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1929 Donor Notes Dewey Dr LHx0Dx0A
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Notes: Label source: Obtained from plants grown at Loraine, Ohio in 1920. This plant is widely distributed in North America and very abundant in some localities, bur its fibre has not been produced since the Indians could get white men's twines. Rec. July 8th 1, 929. Dr Lyster H. Dewey USA Dept of Agric Fiber Investigations Label source: Extract to Director: United States Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington. June 14 1929. ..... I could not determine with certainity the different fibres obta, ined from Asclepias incarnata and Apocynum cannabinum... Signed Lyster H Dewey. ... It appears from a comparison of the samples of 'Ozone fibre' Asclepias incarnata and Indian Hemp, Apocynum canncbinum that these two fibres cannot be satisfactorily distin, guished by their microscopic characters.... L.A.B. 5.7.29.

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