Fish Tongues used to grate Guarana - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 62374 | |||||
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Plant Name | 51.01 SAPINDACEAE | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fish Tongues used to grate Guarana | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Fish Tongues used to grate Guarana | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas | ||
| Uses | Fish Tongues used to grate GuaranaUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Miers Jx0Dx0A | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Tongue of a fish called Pirarucu, used for grating down sticks of Guarana. Pirarucu... is the monarch of the fishes of the Amazon and one of the finest fresh-water fishes in the world. When fully grown it measures 6 to 8 fett long, weighs f, rom 60 to 100 pounds and yields about one third that weight of dried fish. When fresh it is capital eating, although scarcely the equal of salmon, with the exception of the lower part of the belly.... | ||||