Medicinal barks and extracts - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73557 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 58.01 ROSACEAE Prunus africana | Entry Book Number | 37.1995.24 | |
| Artefact Name | Medicinal barks and extracts | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
| Parts Held | Medicinal barks and extracts | Geography Description | Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe | ||
| Uses | Medicinal barks and extractsUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Plantecam Medicinal Factory | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Rumball N, McRobb A | Collector No | 33 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 13/10/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Items collected on trip to Plantecam, 13.10.1995. Andrew McRobb and Naomi Rumball. Bark, Powdered bark and extract. 50% exported as extract, 50% exported as bark. Used to treat prostate cancer and is almost 70% effective, sold in Europe, Japan and USA, . Primary importance in international markets. The bark is processed and manufactured into treatment at Planticam, a subsidiary of a French pharmaceutical co. based near Limbe, buys large quantities of Prunus bark from contractors. Wild populations have, declined significantly. Now being cultivated.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. | ||||