Seed - ordeal poison - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50182 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Cerbera tanghin | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Seed - ordeal poison | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Madagascar | TDWG Region | Madagascar | ||
| Parts Held | Seed - ordeal poison | Geography Description | Madagascar | ||
| Uses | Seed - ordeal poisonUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man | TDWG use | VERTEBRATE POISONS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 18 C 8 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1890 | Donor Notes | Scott-Elliot Fx0Dx0A | ||
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| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: This celebrated seed, the ordeal poison of Madagascar resembles an almond in the shell, except that it is rather broadere in proportion and has an open fissure on one side. The colour of the endocarp is also of a dull dirty brown. The ker, nel or seed is seen to be oily when pressed with the nail. | ||||
| Determinations: | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Cerbera tanghin Hook. 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Cerbera venenifera Steud. | ||||