Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 52311

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Plant Name 84.01 RUBIACEAE Cinchona officinalis Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
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Uses BarkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Howard JE Donor No 8
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Notes: Label source: Cinchona officinalis var crispa, Original bark, unmossed. Analysis. Crystallised sulphates 0.259, Alkaloids soluble in ether, chiefly quinine, 0.370, Insol, in ether, Cinchonicine a trace. The quinine refined as in C pahudiana still ret, aining a characteristic tinge of green, gave 0.590 per cent.

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