Pod and seed - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 71951 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Mucuna urens | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Pod and seed | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Colombia | TDWG Region | Colombia | ||
| Parts Held | Pod and seed | Geography Description | Columbia | ||
| Uses | Pod and seedUse: MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Circulatory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Cope Stuart R, Tropical Seed Merchant | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1912 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Seeds produced on a vine and used as a remedy for piles. They are most effective. The natives (I presume) string the seeds and use them round the waist - the seeds are also carried in the pockets of the trousers and they scrape the seeds a, nd take it internally 'Extract from letter from Mr SR Cope to the Director dated 3.ix.12. | ||||