Herb - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 56093 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 79.01 AIZOACEAE Mesembryanthemum edule | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Herb | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Herb | Geography Description | Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Uses | HerbUse: User: Man | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 14 A 1 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Col & Ind Exhib Date: 00/00/1886x0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Few South African plants are so much in domestic use as this species and M.acinaciforme lin., both of which are common in the sandy tracts of the colony. They are astringent and sourish in taste, on account of the acidulated alkaline salt w, ith which they seem to be impregnated. The expressed juice of the succulent leaves taken internally, checks dysentry, and acts as a mild diuretic ; while it is also, for its antiseptic property, used as an excellent gargle in malignant sore throat, viole, nt salivation and aphthae, or in the form of a lotion in burns and scalds. At the Cape these plants are called Hottentots Vijgen (Hottentot Fig) The fruit is eatable and used for preserves. | ||||