Gum - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64253 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 42.00 BURSERACEAE Boswellia serrata | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Gum | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Gum | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | GumUse: MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Unspecified Medicinal Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 33 D 6 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Brit Emp Exhib (Indian Pavilion) Date: 00/00/1924x0Dx0APaul BK & Cox0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: (43) Boswellia serrata; Indian Olibanum - the gum is refrigerant, diuretic, emmenagogue and ecbolic, and is useful in doses of 5-40 grs. in amenorroea, dysmenorrhoea, gonorrhoea, ringworm and apthae. There is a good deal of use of the gum-r, esin as an incense in religious ceremonies. | ||||