Fruits - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 50576 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 102.00 EBENACEAE Diospyros lotus | Entry Book Number | 76.1913 | |
Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | China | TDWG Region | China | ||
Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | China | ||
Uses | FruitsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
Donor | US Dept of Agric | Donor No | |||
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Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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Notes: | Label source: Foreign seed and plant introduction, date Aug 18 1913, Sir David Prain, Director, Kew Botanic Gardens - 2 ounce sample dried fruits No 18-b D. lotus, please attach certificate of inspection A perfectly seedless variety of the wild persimmo, n, upon which the Chinese graft the different varieties of D.kaki, called 'Wu hu ghae tsao', meaning seedless Black Jujube. Said to come from the region to the north of Peking. Rare. A similar form has been described to exist at Artwin, on the Black Sea,, S.W. Caucasus, Russia. 18b Peking China April 19th 1913 |