Nut - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 63551 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 40.07 BALANITACEAE Balanites aegyptiaca | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Nut | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Nut | Geography Description | Tropical Africa | ||
| Uses | NutUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter ref Lalob Nut 3. Aug, 1948, from D Traill, Imp Chem Ind, Nolill House, Stevenston, Ayrshire. Dear sir, the nut enlcosed with your letter of 28 July is that of B aegyptiaca, a shrub or tree widespread in Africa. The kernels cont, ain about 40% of oil. Analyses have been carried out at the Imperial Institute in the past. A good general account of the plant can be found in The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, by JM Dalziel, pp 309 - 311 | ||||