Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50192 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Catharanthus roseus | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | South Africa, Natal | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 13 A 7 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1985 | Donor Notes | Nicholson Dr TG Date: 00/00/1924x0Dx0A | ||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Presented by Dr TG Nicholson Jan 2 1924. 2 letters and article enclosed in specimen. For article on use as remedy see specimen. Opuscular source: Letter from T G Nicholson 10.11.24. Dear Professor. Herewith the Vinca from Natal, also t, he seeds, root stem and faded flowers. Seeds are coal black and corrugated under the microscope. Letter from Nicholson to Prof Greenish. (Same as above, but naming Vinca as an insulin substitute but calling this a 'popular fallacy')x0Dx0APlants + People exh, ibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. | ||||
| Determinations: | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Vinca rosea L. | ||||