Seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 63120 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 43.01 MELIACEAE Carapa procera | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nigeria | TDWG Region | Nigeria | ||
| Parts Held | Seeds | Geography Description | Nigeria | ||
| Uses | SeedsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | McLellan BG | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/07/1934 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Mr BG McLellan, Rowntrees & Co Ltd York 26 July 1934, 3 nuts from Nigeria submitted for identification. July 30 1934 imported the seeds of C.procera a large tree of West Africa. Same seed in Museum under the name of Ibegogo from South Niger, ia and samples of the kernels from Sierra Leone, Gold Coast etc. examined at the Imp Inst and found to contain 50% of a bitter oil suitable for candle manufacture and soap (See Bull Imp Inst 1908 p.360 and Coll Rep Misc 88 1914 - Carapa seeds pp.564-567), JHH | ||||