Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 56408 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 1.01 RANUNCULACEAE Aconitum ferox | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | RootUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 43 Box 27 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Also Ipomea simulans or Tampico jalap Indian Aconite root (A.ferox Wall.) is much larger than the English, measuring frequently 6 inches in length and 1 1/2 inches in thickness near the crown; it is crowned with the remains of a bud and isc, oarsely wrinkled, the outer portions often separating from the inner portion, which is yellowish and horny. This horny character is due to the starch having been completely gelatinised by the prolonged application of heat. The drug contains a toxic alkalo, id, pseudaconitine. | ||||
| Determinations: | 1.01 RANUNCULACEAE Aconitum ferox Wall. 113.01 CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomea simulans | ||||