Seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 67103 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 17.03 FLACOURTIACEAE Hydnocarpus inebrians | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Seeds | Geography Description | India , Bombay | ||
| Uses | SeedsUse: MATERIALS - Lipids User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Lipids | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 18 E 3 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1878 | Donor Notes | Dymock Dr (presented by)x0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Abundant in the Concans some distance to the south of Bombay, also in Goa. The oil is extracted for burning and is also in repute as a remedy for skin diseases. It is at present on trial here as a substitute for chaulmogra; if found to be e, fficient it can be delivered in Bombay for less than half the price of the latter oil. It appears that the greenish tinge which the oil sometimes has is caused by the adherence of some of the pulp of the fruit to the testa of the seed; the pure oil fromth, e decorticated seed is of a pale yellow. The external appearance of the fruit varies considerably; upon the same tree perfectly smooth and very rough fruit may be seen. Gynocardia and Hydnocarpus are genera of the order Bixacea. Their fruits are large, sp, herical and contain numerous seeds embedded in a pulp. The seeds are either smooth or slightly furrowed longitudinally; thier integument is thin and leathery or almost woody in texture. The embyro is orthotropic and surrounded by a dark brown fleshy oily, endosperm. The cotyledons are acute-ovate in shape, large, leafy and three-nerved; the radicle is prominent. | ||||