Stem - Specimen details

Stem - Specimen details

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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 StemUse: ENVIRONMENTAL USES - Boundaries/Barriers/Supports User: Man TDWG use ENVIRONMENTAL USES - Boundaries/Barriers/Supports
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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).

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