Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 68321

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Entada gigas Entry Book Number 13.1974.39
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description
Uses SeedsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Drift seeds Related Items
Donor Guppy Dr HB Donor No
Donor Date 00/02/1907 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Entada scandens - Two defective seeds which were allowed to go through most of their shrinking process detached from the plant. Through defective shrinking they have developed cracks in the epidermis and behave more like permeable seeds (, Ref I) p.115. There follows a list of the weights over several months. from 902.3 and 903.3 grains on Feb 21 1907 to 365.3 and 364.0 on 6 June 1916 The fall in average weight after June 1908 was due to the transfer of the seeds to a drier room. Note - ad, ditional remarks are given in notebook pp 91-93

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