Bark and inner bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73528 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 34.06 HUACEAE Afrostyrax lepidophyllus | Entry Book Number | 37.1995.1 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark and inner bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
| Parts Held | Bark and inner bark | Geography Description | Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe | ||
| Uses | Bark and inner barkUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Rumball N | Collector No | 4 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/10/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Also called country onion. The bark is stripped and harvesting used to encourage systematic removal of the bark. In juvenile trees sometimes all the bark is taken at once and this kills the tree. This species is also used for its fruits. Purchased from, spice stall in Limbe. | ||||