Chicle chewing gum and packet - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75953 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Manilkara zapota | Entry Book Number | 27.1999 | |
| Artefact Name | Chicle chewing gum and packet | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Mexico | TDWG Region | Mexico | ||
| Parts Held | Chicle chewing gum and packet | Geography Description | Mexico, North America, North and Central Mexico | ||
| Uses | Chicle chewing gum and packetUse: MATERIALS - Gums/Resins User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Gums/Resins | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Rico L | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1999 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Donated by Lulu Rico (Herbarium), January, 1999. This latex was used by the Mayans in Mexico more than 1000 years ago. It is flavoured here with fruit extracts. | ||||