Bark - Specimen details

Bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73652

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Plant Name 141.00 MYRISTICACEAE Virola theiodora Entry Book Number 24.1996
Artefact Name Bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Bark Geography Description Roraima, Southern America, Brazil, Brazil North, Rio Uraricoeira, Vaica Airstrip
Uses BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
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Collection Notes Collection Date 25/02/1971
Exhibition Expedition
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Notes: Exudate of bark is used by Yanomami Indians for the preparations of their hallucinogenic snuff. From tree 15m x 15cm diameter. Herbarium material at INPA and New York.x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016.

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