Root - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 64208 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 38.01 GERANIACEAE Pelargonium antidysentericum | Entry Book Number | ||
Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | Namaqualand | ||
Uses | RootUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders | ||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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Notes: | Label source: This plant, which is indigenous in Namaqualand, has tuberous roots which often obtain the size of a mans head, and are called 'T`namie' by the Aborigines, who boil them in milk, and make use of them in dysentry. |