Fruit/seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 55829 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 80.00 UMBELLIFERAE Ferula sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruit/seed | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Fruit/seed | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | Fruit/seedUse: MATERIALS - Essential Oils User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Essential Oils | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 23 E 1 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Dymock Dr (Presented by)x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: The see dookoo is said to be imported from Persia and Afghanistan. The carpels are broadly elliptical, and vary much in size, the largest are 5/8 inch long and 3/8 broad; foliaceous, convex in the middle, with a dilated border consisting of, coarse cellular tissue; colour reddish brown over the seed, margin yellowish, dorsal ridges seven, the three central filiform, vittae in dorsal furrows ten to thirteen, vittae of connussure six? The vittae contains a quantity of yellow oily fluid having, a powerful lemon odour. By distillation a light yellow essential oil was obtained with an odour like oil of orange leaf. This seed is used as a carminative and stimulant; it is said to be diuretic. | ||||