Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 60267 | |||||
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Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Derris elliptica | Entry Book Number | 89.1897 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | New Guinea | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish User: Man | TDWG use | VERTEBRATE POISONS - Fish | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Devett H & Co | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Henry Devett & Co, Dunster House, Mincing Lane, E.C. Roots from New Guinea; used by natives for catching fish. The roots are dried & ground to a powder which the natives spread over coral reefs where the fish abound. The fish become stupefi, ed by the root and then are easily caught. Rec'd. 27.8.1897. | ||||