Seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64375 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Entada scandens | Entry Book Number | ||
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| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
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| Uses | SeedUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Indian name Garbee or Gardul - Entada pusaetha - Polygamia honaecia - like Mimosea, sub tribe Acaciae An ? climbing shrub running over the highest trees and forming elegant festoons : legumes from 1 to 3 feet long and 4 or 5 inches broad, f, ormed of a series of joints, each containing one seed like the accompanying - pretty common along the range of Ghants - at Wanjura and Bamsari (?) one grows with a stem full 6 feet in circumference and runs over trees to a great distance. The seeds are u, sed as an antifebrile medicine by the Ghant people. In Java and Sumatra they are roasted and eaten like chestnuts. | ||||