Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 62689 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 49.01 RHAMNACEAE Rhamnus wightii | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 3 E 8 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Hooper D (Pres By)x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The bark as met with in the shops is in irregular pieces or half quills about 1/4 inch thick, texture fibrous; external surface decorticated, dull red, nearly smooth; internal surface, faintly striated. A transverse section shows numerous w, aved medullary rays of a darker colour than the rest of the bark, under the microscope many dotted vessels and cells are seen; most of the cells contain red colouring matter. There are no distinctive characters. Portions of the grey epidermis may often be, found adheering to the bark. Rugtrora is in considerable repute among the natives as a tonic and astringent. The tree grows upon the highest hills in the northern parts of this presidency. Dr Dymock. | ||||