Fruits (Pods) - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 73531 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Tetrapleura tetraptera | Entry Book Number | 37.1995.1 | |
Artefact Name | Fruits (Pods) | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
Parts Held | Fruits (Pods) | Geography Description | Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe | ||
Uses | Fruits (Pods)Use: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
Donor | Donor No | ||||
Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
Collector | Rumball N, Nkafel J | Collector No | 7 | ||
Collection Notes | Collection Date | 11/10/1995 | |||
Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
Number Components | Publication | ||||
Notes: | Tree of secondary forest. Pods sold on markets as soup flavouring. Multipurpose tree. The bark is tannin rich, the fruits are used medicinally, the seeds are used as fish poison and the timber used in constructions. |