Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 67058

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Plant Name 17.02 COCHLOSPERMACEAE Cochlospermum tinctorium Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Nigeria TDWG Region Nigeria
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description Nigeria
Uses SeedsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Henry Dr TA Donor No
Donor Date 00/07/1929 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Seeds, said to be those of Bixa orellana, sent by the Forestry Dept. Nigeria to the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association at the suggestion of Dr Mayer. Opuscular source: M.549/29 5th July 1929. I am sending you under separate cover a, sample of seeds received from Nigeria as those of Bixa orellana. As the seeds are being examined for the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association as a possible source of a substitute for Chaulmorgra oil. Asking if correctly named, Sd T A Henry Not Bixa, but Cochlospermum sp tinctorium?

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