Natural Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 52870 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 84.01 RUBIACEAE Cinchona pubescens | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Natural Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Natural Bark | Geography Description | Naduvattam. Nilgiris. | ||
| Uses | Natural BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 4 A 9 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Two specimens in one jar; second specimen accessioned as 79819. | |||
| Collector | Madras Museum | Collector No | 28/37 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1883 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Note source: No photo. Label source: 4. No 28/37 = Best: This is not the C. pubescens of Vahl, but a plant which was considered to be a hybrid by the superintendent of the Cinchona estates, the late Mr McIvor. Mr Cross, the explorer who was employed inc, ollecting Cinchona plants and seeds in the Cinchona regions of South America for the Indian Government, regards it as the pubescent form of 'Cuchicara', referred to by Dr Spruce in the parliamentary Blue book of 1863 page 116. Mr McIvor stated that it isa, hybrid between Cinchona succirubra and C. officinalis. | ||||