Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 57952 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| 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. | ||||