Stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 66770 | |||||
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Plant Name | 24.02 FOUQUIERIACEAE Fouquieria splendens | Entry Book Number | 3.1910 | |
| Artefact Name | Stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Stem | Geography Description | America | ||
| Uses | Stem Use: ENVIRONMENTAL USES - Boundaries/Barriers/Supports User: Man | TDWG use | ENVIRONMENTAL USES - Boundaries/Barriers/Supports | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Praschkauer & Co Ltd | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Native of NW Texas and New Mexico. The species here figured extends Westwards from NW Texas through New Mexico and Arizona to S California and the Mexican states of Coapuila, Chihuahua and Sonara. In the N part of this are the plant is va, riously known as the Coach Whip the Lime cactus and Jacobs Staff. Its Mexican name is Ocotello. The bark contains a gum and a resin and yields a wax. It is an effective and impenetrable hedge and according to Dewy is sometimes planted closely in line ar, ound a rectangle 10ft long and 5 across. An opening is left at one end a covering of brush is laid on top and the result is a hut such as Mexican families of the poorest inhabit. (Bot Mag t.8318, 1910). | ||||