Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50203 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Thevetia peruviana | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | India, Bombay | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 1 B 9 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1985 | Donor Notes | Col & Ind Exhib Date: 00/00/1886x0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Common in gardens in Bombay, where it grows very freely, and is usually pollarded a few feet from the ground to make it form a handsome bush, much like an English willow. The fresh bark of the young wood from a 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter,, is green, smooth and covered by a delicate grey epidermis, through which the green colour is apparent. The wood is white and soft, and there is a large central pith. All parts of the plant abound in a milky juice, and have an acrid smell when bruised. A, section of the bark examined under the microscope shows many large laticiferous vessels arranged in bundles, which form a zone, but is not otherwise remarkable. This plant is the T. neriifolia of the Pharmaecopoeia of India, and is recommended in that wo, rk as an antiperiodic; it does not appear to be used medicinally in this neighbourhood. There would be no difficultly in obtaining a good supply of bark, as the trees are frequently cut; if collected from the young wood and dried it forms quills of about, the thickness of cinnamon, externally dark grey with brown striae, internally smooth and black; texture tough, taste bitter, no particular odour. | ||||
| Determinations: | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud. | ||||