Root - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 68844 | |||||
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Plant Name | 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN | Entry Book Number | 86A.1896 | |
| Artefact Name | Root | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Root | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Root Use: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Miscellaneous | Related Items | |||
| Donor | War Office | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 28/07/1896 | Donor Notes | Surg Lt Col W Gubbins x0Dx0A | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Root supposed of an American plant. Chewed it is said to have the power of preventing thirst. Opuscular source: Root rec'd from War Office for identification July 22/96 said to have been recommended as a preventative against thirst and it, is said that a soldier chewing it is enabled to march 24 hrs through tropical heat without suffering from lack of water. Said to be the root of an American plant. War Office. | ||||