Cumarin crystals - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76546 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Taralea oppositifolia | Entry Book Number | 21.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Cumarin crystals | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Cumarin crystals | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Cumarin crystalsUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Essential Oil Cabinet | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/08/1983 | Donor Notes | Schimmel & Co. | ||
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| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Cumarin is classifed as a 'Principal Constituent' in the card catalogue of the Pharmaceutical Society Museum collection. Cumarin is found in the tonka bean (Taralea oppositifolia) in small white crystals between the seed coating and the kernel, and in oth, er species in smaller quantities. Another specimen of cumarin produced by the same company (Schimmel) is noted as being produced from Tonka beans [Taralea oppositifolia], Asperula odorata, Melilotus sp., etc. The botanical name has been inferred from this, information. | ||||
| Determinations: | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Melilotus sp 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Taralea oppositifolia Aubl. 84.01 RUBIACEAE Asperula odorata 84.01 RUBIACEAE Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. | ||||