Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 52297 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 84.01 RUBIACEAE Cinchona officinalis | Entry Book Number | 114.1889 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | South America | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Jenkins & Phillips, Mincing Lane, London | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Employed in France in the manuf of wine. Extract of letter from Jenkin and Phillips to Mr Morris: We may say in passing that the fine old S American HO Loxa quills mentioned in the letter by W David Howard are sold for the French market f, or making wine. This bark has a peculiar flavour and bouquet which are recognized and well known by the Parisians which fragrant quality or bouquet, are quite wanting in the Loxa bark when grown in India, Jamaica or Java. Fine silvery HD South American, Loxa would fetch upon this market 2/2 to 2/6 per pound. | ||||