Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 67480 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 7.01 BERBERIDACEAE Berberis asiatica | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | RootUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 25 C 1 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Dymock Dr, Bombayx0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Several species - the extract is Rusot, the fruit is Zirishk. Darhalad occurs in pieces one or two inches in diam, covered by a soft corky light brown bark, beneath this is a hard layer of stony cells, forming a complete coating of the ste, m; this layer is marked by longitudinal furrows corresponding to the medullary rays, which are very prominent and close grained, and contain many stony cells. Rusot is a dark brown extract of the consistency of opium, having a bitter and astringent taste, , readily soluble in water partly so in recitified spirit, forming rich yellowish brown solutions which become bright yellow when diluted. Label source: This is root, not stem and is therefore not BP. | ||||