Groundnuts - Specimen details

Groundnuts - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 59991

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Arachis hypogaea Entry Book Number 17.1930
Artefact Name Groundnuts Vernacular Name
Iso Country Nigeria TDWG Region Nigeria
Parts Held Groundnuts Geography Description Nigeria, Kano Agricultural Station
Uses GroundnutsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Agric Dept Nigeria Donor No
Donor Date 13/02/1930 Donor Notes
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Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Mr Holland, Notes from Album da Seccao do Botanica do Museum Paulista. - Seeds 3 times as big as those of the common plant. Seeds reach 3cm legumes exceed 8 cm. In a figure in this publication, the seeds are very distinctly bicolorous,, but the colour areas are very uneven. Neither BM nor Kew have the original publication with figure. NY Sandwith Feb 25th, 1932. The seeds of Mr Sampsons plant are different. I cannot name it. the pods and seeds of your nambyquarae are evidently much, smaller than as described by Hoehne. NYJ. 23/iii/32.

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