Scourer - leaf base - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73855 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.11 AGAVACEAE Agave vilmoriniana | Entry Book Number | 18.1997.17 | |
| Artefact Name | Scourer - leaf base | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Mexico | TDWG Region | Mexico | ||
| Parts Held | Scourer - leaf base | Geography Description | Sonora, Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Northwest, Los Pilores | ||
| Uses | Scourer - leaf baseUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Davis P | Collector No | 17 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1996 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Old dried leaf base is cut, once the plant has flowered, and is used to wash dishes, it also contains soap, consisting of sapogenin and smilagenin. Bought from a senora living in a Pima village called Los Pilores, Sonora, Mexico (5 Mexican pesos) | ||||