Fruit - Specimen details

Fruit - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 57897

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Detarium senegalense Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fruit Vernacular Name
Iso Country Sierra Leone TDWG Region Sierra Leone
Parts Held Fruit Geography Description Sierra Leone
Uses FruitUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 20 A 7
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Notes: Label source: The fruits are eaten by the natives but it appears that two varieties exist, one of which is very bitter and is believed by the negroes to be poisonous. As with bitter almonds, however, there is no means of distinguishing the difference exc, ept by taste. P.J. 13.9.84. p.203

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