Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 56235

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Plant Name 49.01 RHAMNACEAE Rhamnus frangula 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
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No
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Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: The student should observe the dark purple cork, showing, when scraped, a deep crimson colour, the light coloured lenticels and the shortly fibrous fracture of the bast. Bark is accompanied by illustrations of the bark. Also R.purshianus -, Cascara sagrada, the student should observe the purplish cork and the grey lichens covering it, the groups of sclerenchymatous cells in the cortex and the characteristic odour and taste. And R. californica - false Cascara sagrada
Determinations:49.01 RHAMNACEAE Rhamnus californica
    49.01 RHAMNACEAE Rhamnus frangula
    49.01 RHAMNACEAE Rhamnus purshianus

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