Birch tar oil - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76444 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula pubescens | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Birch tar oil | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Birch tar oil | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Birch tar oilUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Essential Oil Cabinet | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | Schimmel & Co. | ||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The principal constituents are Guajacol, Kreosol, Kreson and Xylenol. The tar of the birch is used to make the oil. | ||||
| Determinations: | 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula pubescens Ehrh. 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula alba L. | ||||