Root - Specimen details

Root - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 57952

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Mundulea telfairii Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Root Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Root Geography Description
Uses RootUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 26 G 6
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Notes: Label source: The root is woody, about 3/4 inch in diam in the upper portion, branched and tapering to 1/4inch or less, of a pale bright brown colour externally, and yellowish white within; the surface is rough with small paler warts of about the sizeof, a pin head. The plant is M telfairii Boj and belongs to a genus closely allied to Tephrosia, a genus which yields several fish poisons. It is used especially in ponds or still water.

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