Leaves - Specimen details

Leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73291

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Lonchocarpus cyanescens Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Leaves Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Leaves Geography Description Africa
Uses LeavesUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Hale & Son Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: One label reads Combretum sp - supposed to be used for dying blue, Hale & Sons, 1879. The ash of the leaves of C glutinosum are used in Senegal as a mordant in dyeing cotton stuffs with indigo. Note to Keepter of the Museum - The leaves are those of Lonc, hocarpus cyanescens Benth, and not those of a Combretum. 07/03/1925

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