Leaves - Specimen details

Leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 66706

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Plant Name 27.01 GUTTIFERAE Haronga madagascariensis Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Leaves Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Leaves Geography Description
Uses LeavesUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 8 E 5
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Notes: Label source: This consists of the leaves or twigs of H.madagascariensis. The leaves are opposite, smooth, short stalked, oblong, entire, with prominent veins underneath, which are placed at almost a right angle to the midrib. The taste is very astring, ent. In Madagascar the leaves are used as well as those of the Harongana kelifodia (Psidium pomiferum) in diarrhoea and dysentery. In Mauritius (according to Bouton, l.c.,p.19) the yellow juice which flows from the incised stems is used as an applicati, on to ringworm and a skin disease called Tampane.

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