Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64318 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 42.00 BURSERACEAE Commiphora kafal | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Egypt | TDWG Region | Egypt | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Egypt, Cairo | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 11 A 5 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Stocks Dr Date: 00/04/1853x0Dx0AHanbury Collectionx0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Bought in the Bazaar at Cairo by Dr JE Stocks (where it is plentiful) Forskal says Lignum Kafal magna commerciorum pars est et ad Aegyptum transfer tur, ubi vasa hydrophora ficlilia hoc fumo impregnantior, est gustum contiahant genti huicex, petitum. Flor Aegypt Arab. p.80, Dr S says it is still used. | ||||
| Determinations: | 39.01 RUTACEAE Amyris kafal Forsk. 42.00 BURSERACEAE Commiphora kafal 42.00 BURSERACEAE Balsamodendron kafal Kunth | ||||