Indian Hemp Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49542 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| 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. | ||||