Leaves - Specimen details

Leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 50192

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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
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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.

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