Fruit and seed - Specimen details

Fruit and seed - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 61319

Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Sophora secundiflora Entry Book Number 21 & 62.1887
Artefact Name Fruit and seed Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Fruit and seed Geography Description San Antonio
Uses Fruit and seedUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Sargent Prof CS Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Poisonous, Indians in the neighbourhood of San Antonio use the seeds as an intoxicant, half a bean? producing exhilaration followed by 2 or 3 days of sleep, a whole bean will kill a man. Seed also used by boys as marbles.

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