Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65429 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Abutilon indicum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 3 B 2 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | India Museum Date: 00/00/1880x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The bark of this shrubby plant is used in Goa as a diuretic ; it occurs in long, thin, tough, fibrous strips, which are very strong and seem worthy of attention as a fibre. Externally it is striated and covered with a cinnamon-coloured epid, ermis; internally it is white and striated ; the striae appear to be produced by small interspaces between the fibrous bundles of which the bark is composed. The drug has a feebly astringent taste and by some is considered to be slightly bitter. The plant, is a very common one and appears to flourish in poor soil and require little water; it is quite distinct from the variety which produces Bulbji. | ||||