Tuber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 60353 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Erythrina acanthocarpa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Tuber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Tuber | Geography Description | South Africa, North Victoria or Queenstown | ||
| Uses | TuberUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | D`Urban WSM | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: This plant grows in great abundance in the district of N. Victoria or Queenstown, South Africa. When first dug up the tubers are very heavy, but when thoroughly dry become as light as cork. The natives make hats and other light articles fro, m them. This specimen dug up at Tylden Post on the Imrani River, a tributary of the Kei. Feburary 1861. | ||||