Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 64471

Plant Name 36.00 MALPIGHIACEAE Byrsonima spicata Entry Book Number 86.1849
Artefact Name Bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Bark Geography Description Brazil, Para, Rio Para, Caripi
Uses BarkUse: MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Spruce, Richard Donor No 20
Donor Date 28/12/1849 Donor Notes
Collector Spruce, Richard Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p56: Bark used for tanning and also affords a dull red-brown dye. Cabanos died their garments with it when they attacked Para.x0Dx0A

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