Grubs from Colophospermum mopane - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 72234 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE | Entry Book Number | 62.1992.5 | |
| Artefact Name | Grubs from Colophospermum mopane | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Botswana | TDWG Region | Botswana | ||
| Parts Held | Grubs from Colophospermum mopane | Geography Description | Botswana, Central District, 2.7km from Mogapinyana | ||
| Uses | Grubs from Colophospermum mopaneUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Cook FEM | Donor No | 135 | ||
| Donor Date | 16/04/1990 | Donor Notes | Terry Jx0Dx0ASydes CLx0Dx0AMorwe FWx0Dx0AHargreaves B & Jx0Dx0ARapekenene Kx0Dx0ATlale Mx0Dx0A | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Location - 2.7km Mogapinyana along unmetalled road to Sephophe Tree to 7m well branched, first branching at 1.1m diameter at waist height 15 cm. Bark fissured longitudinally and criss-crossed; grey. Slash reddish brown. Abundance: dominant, species - occurs as a mosaic of trees and shrubs. Site: shrubland with trees admixed, canopy almost complete. Grazed. Species present: ground cover is sparse with only a few grasses and forbs, including Xerophyta. Soil: hard. Notes: this caterpillar feed, s on Colophospermum mopane (Kirk ex Benth.) Kirk ex J.Leonard (of which there is a specimen in the wood collection). The caterpillars are harvested, boiled to kill them and then salted and dried. Many people were seen in the area doing this work. Sackfuls, of the processed grubs were being transported. (Photos FC.AU 53, 54: 58 & 64 show the caterpillar - Gonimbrasia belina) Other material: Photo FC.AU55, 56 & 58. Wakehurst Place Seed Bank. Duplicates: GAB Wakehurst Place. | ||||