Fruits - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 53647 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 84.01 RUBIACEAE Gardenia jasminoides | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Hong Kong | TDWG Region | Hong Kong | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | Hong Kong | ||
| Uses | FruitsUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Marshall & French, Fen Court, London EC | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter 474 1918, xii p170. Marshall & French acknowledge receipt of their letter of 21st. Submitted for identification are fruits native of China, Japan, Formosa etc. According to Wilson ('A Naturalist in Western China') ii p 87, it i, s used for dyeing certain woods yellow and paints. Various medicinal uses are attributed to fruit by Dr Smith in Materia Medica of China.p 101. According to Marshall and French the fruits were thought very highly of in pre-war days by Germans, and German, agents are still buying it up and trying to induce the Chinese to get it into paste form for export, we understand they are paying upwards of 60 pounds sterling per ton. | ||||