Resin - CHINESE DRUGS - Specimen details

Resin - CHINESE DRUGS - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 69324

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Plant Name 42.00 BURSERACEAE Commiphora sp. Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Resin - CHINESE DRUGS Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Resin - CHINESE DRUGS Geography Description India
Uses Resin - CHINESE DRUGSUse: MEDICINES User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES
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Notes: Label source: See ref Chinese Medicine: Drugs of Chinese Pharmacies in Malaya published in 'The Garden Bulletin, Straits Settlements' Vol VI Pt I Dec 1929 pp.40/41 The drug received under this name meaning myrrh is not true myrrh. Porter Smith reported t, hat it was a worthless foreign drug sold as a substitute. Consists mostly of insoluble grains swelling in water, no odour or bitterness. Burns with odour of burnt sugar. No 431

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