Stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 58318 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Mundulea telfairii | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Madagascar | TDWG Region | Madagascar | ||
| Parts Held | Stem | Geography Description | Madagascar | ||
| Uses | StemUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Man | TDWG use | VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 17 C 2 | ||
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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 1/4 inch or less, of a pale bright brown colour externally, and yellowish white within, the surface is rough with small paler warts of about the size o, f a pin head. The plant has been identified at Kew as M telfairii Boj; and belongs to a genus closely allied to Tephrosia, a genus which yields several fish poisons - esp in ponds or still waters. Therapeutic properties may be worth investigation. | ||||