Portion of stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50915 | |||||
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Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Mimusops elata | Entry Book Number | 86.1849 | |
| Artefact Name | Portion of stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Portion of stem | Geography Description | Brazil, Para | ||
| Uses | Portion of stemUse: User: Man | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 21 | ||
| Donor Date | 28/12/1849 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Portion of stem showing milk exuding.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASource: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p37.: Thus bearing this name found north of Amazon upwards. Probably all belong to sam, e genus of Sapotaceae. Trees seen at Para had leaves which were veined like those of Lecoma rinoa. The fruit was said to be one of the most delicious of wild fruits. The species I found on mapping Guania have fruit of rather disagreeable taste. Milka, lso is not drinkable where that of Para is delicious, like that of Cumá. Milk of another species growing on terre firme is considered better for glue, but this also has not a pleasant taste. All species seem to have a deep, dull heavy wood; that of terr, e firme much esteemed for canoes. | ||||