Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 54864 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 74.01 PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora alata | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | Brazil | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Knowles & Foster | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1931 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Letter M.180.31 Material very important, but apparently P.alata Ait. This species is comonly cultivated in Europe and elsewhere for its edible fruit. In Martin's Flora Brasiliensis it is stated, (Vol. XIII. part I. p.627) that an extract of, the leaves of P.alata, when mixed with the juice of Aloe, is believed to be very efficacious in cases of 'marasmus'. N.Y.S. 21/iii/31. Mr Dallimore - reply sent 24.iii.31. M12/1931 | ||||