Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 52935

Plant Name 84.01 RUBIACEAE Cinchona lancifolia Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Bark Geography Description
Uses BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 6 C 6
Donor Date Donor Notes No: 5x0Dx0A
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Note source: No photo. Label source: Rec'd 1856 lot 244 123. The true naranjada or orange bark. Observe the marks of twining plants or creepers (short fibre coincides with less cinchonine). Works pate?? free crist. fills the lignum?? Quinine 1.30 Quinid, ine 0.29 Cinchonine 0.77 Uncrist. alk sol in ether 0.19 Total 1.95. The Qunidine gives no green colour with chlorine & ammonia & the crystals do not effloresce ? It is cinchonidine.
Determinations:84.01 RUBIACEAE Cinchona lancifolia Mutis.
    999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN Calisaya stafree ?

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