Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 67214 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 12.01 CAPPARACEAE Crateava religiosa | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 8 B 9 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Col & Ind Exhib Date: 00/00/1886x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: A small tree, with 3-foliate leaves on long petioles, leaflets lanceolate acuminate, thin smooth upper surface dark green, under of a light colour, about 8 inches long and 3 broad. Green bark of young shoots and petioles of leaves marked wi, th small white prominent specks. The bruised leaves have a disagreeable smell something like Helebore; they are slightly bitter and very pungent, causing a tingling sensation in the tongue; not aromatic. In Bombay the bruised leaves are used as a remedy f, or swelling of the feet and burning of the soles. They are popularly considered to be efficacious in such cases. | ||||