Pods - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 59344 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia brevifolia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Pods | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Chile | TDWG Region | Chile | ||
| Parts Held | Pods | Geography Description | Santiago | ||
| Uses | PodsUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Christy T & Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 01/00/1876 | Donor Notes | Christy Tx0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Strongest tanning substance known, registers 90 % tannic acid. The gum gives great weight to leather. H Rumbold and his Ministry at Santiago per FO. Opuscular source: Letter from Thomas Christy & Co. 155 Fenchurch St, London, 1.3.76; D, ear Dr Dyer, I send you some good specimens of the Balsam Carpon Seed? - Pod and Gum as it comes over - No other substance gives weight to leather to the same extent. Yours faithfully Christy. | ||||
| Determinations: | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia brevifolia Baill. 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Balsamocarpon brevifolium Clos. | ||||